- Years in practice
- 9
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Maria
Maria Gimenez-Cruz is a licensed clinical social worker who helps parents and individuals tackle everyday stress and parenting challenges. She speaks English and Spanish and brings a calm, practical style to sessions. Her approach aims to build on strengths and teach skills parents can use right away.
Maria uses straightforward tools to manage anxiety, depression, anger, and sleep problems. She helps people cope with grief, trauma, relationship strain, and life changes.
Background and approach
Parents find her focus useful when juggling behavior, routines, and self-care demands. In sessions she works collaboratively to set clear goals and try small changes. Conversations focus on what is useful now - skills to manage feelings, ways to improve communication, and steps toward better daily routines.
She draws from client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral ideas to make therapy practical. Her background spans nine years of clinical work in Florida. She has supported people experiencing compassion fatigue, attachment and abandonment concerns, immigration-related stress, and post-traumatic stress.
That experience informs her flexible, respectful approach to complex situations. Maria frames therapy as a team effort. She helps people notice strengths, practice new responses, and adjust plans when needed.
Parents and individuals who want tangible tools and steady support often find this style helpful.
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
Approaches Maria lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative 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.
Therapeutic approaches for online parenting support
Maria often uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, listening space where parents feel heard and understood. This approach focuses on building on the parent's strengths and priorities and helps with confidence, communication, and self-care.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. CBT provides step-by-step strategies for managing anxiety, improving sleep, easing anger, and changing unhelpful patterns at home.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Maria collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She checks in regularly and adjusts tools if something isn’t helping.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow flexible scheduling around family life. Video sessions support face-to-face conversation, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can work for brief check-ins, and messaging is handy for short updates or homework between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy parenting routine without long commutes.
Questions people ask about Maria
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship strain, ADHD, grief, sleep problems, anger, and trauma-related concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
The style is collaborative and practical, focusing on goals, skill building, and problem solving tailored to each person's needs.
What is her clinical experience?
She has nine years of clinical experience working with people facing a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and scheduling; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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