Maria Dias, LCSW
Practical, person-focused therapy for parents and adults
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 18
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Maria
Maria Dias is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Texas. She has 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, and relationship challenges. Maria aims to make therapy straightforward and useful for busy parents and adults.
She uses an eclectic mix of approaches centered on the person in front of her. That means sessions focus on what a client needs most, not on fitting them into one theory.
Background and approach
Conversations often include practical strategies to cope with daily stress, improve communication, and set manageable goals. Maria blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and client-centered work with tools from mindfulness and hypnotherapy when appropriate. She draws on many years of clinical practice to match techniques to each situation.
Sessions may involve skills practice, reflection about patterns, and step-by-step problem solving. Parents often seek her out for help with feeling overwhelmed, managing anger, and coping with life changes that affect family life. She also supports people facing trauma, complicated grief, identity questions related to LGBT concerns, and workplace compassion fatigue.
Maria pays attention to attachment, abandonment wounds, and codependency when those issues arise. Her style is calm and direct. She encourages realistic goals and small habit changes that add up.
New clients in Texas can connect in English by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to begin matching and scheduling.
What Maria works with
Everything Maria lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Maria helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Maria lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Maria often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful habits. CBT is useful for worries, panic, low mood, and parenting stress.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to help manage strong emotions and improve interpersonal effectiveness. DBT offers concrete techniques for distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and clearer communication in relationships.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Maria discusses goals and preferences with each person and adapts methods over time. Clients and therapist review what helps and adjust the plan together rather than following one fixed path.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face work and skills practice. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging can support quick processing, brief coaching, or ongoing reminders between sessions. Together these options help fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep progress moving forward.
Questions people ask about Maria
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting worries, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and ADHD among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is eclectic and person-centered, focusing on practical strategies and understanding each person's unique situation rather than forcing one theory.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has been providing psychotherapy since 2005, bringing 18 years of hands-on experience to her work with adults and parents.
What credentials and region apply?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Texas and practices with clients in that state.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English only and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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