About Maria
Maria Picciotti is a licensed social worker in Pennsylvania who draws on a mix of practical therapies to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and trauma. She brings 10 years of licensed practice experience and a longer career in helping people through emotional and life challenges.
Maria speaks plainly and aims to make the first step feel manageable for anyone who is nervous about starting therapy. She uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy to shape sessions.
Background and approach
That means sessions may focus on clarifying values, noticing unhelpful thinking patterns, and centering the person’s own goals. Maria adapts conversations and plans to fit what each person needs rather than using one fixed method. Her practice covers a range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, intimacy-related issues, anger, and self-esteem.
She also addresses areas like chronic illness and pain, dissociation, sexuality, social phobia, and other specific difficulties when they come up in conversation. In sessions she aims to be respectful and sensitive while offering straightforward strategies and emotional support. People can expect collaborative dialogue that mixes practical skills with space to talk through feelings.
Maria emphasizes small steps and real-life tools that can be used between meetings. She accepts English-speaking clients and works with people across locations, providing options that fit varied schedules. Maria encourages those who are ready to take the next step to begin the matching and scheduling process so they can start working toward clearer coping and calmer days.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and to take small actions that reflect those values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and when someone feels stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going, and it often includes practical exercises to try between sessions. Client-Centered Therapy offers space for the person’s own priorities to guide the work, with the therapist listening closely and reflecting what matters most to the client.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Maria will work collaboratively to figure out which methods fit a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying tools, checking in about what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than sticking to a single route.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls allow a face-to-face feel for deeper conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, chat can be used for quick check-ins, and messaging is useful for short updates or ongoing support between meetings. These options let people choose what works best for timing, pace, and comfort while still accessing licensed professionals and structured therapeutic approaches.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
Also works with
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Dissociation
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English