Hello and welcome. My name is Maria and I am a licensed clinical psychologist. I graduated from Divine Mercy University with my Psy.D. in 2024 and have been working as a provider in Waco since then. At present I am accepting individual adult clients who are facing concerns such as anxiety, depression, coping with chronic or terminal illness, adjustment concerns, relational distress, and grief.
In my work with clients I draw primarily from emotion-focused and object relations based psychodynamic/psychoanalytic theories. These modalities assume that relationships we have built across our lifetime significantly influence how we view ourselves, each other, and the world around us. Through exploring these relational patterns in therapy, we can come to increasingly greater insight into why we approach romantic partnerships, relationships with our children, our friendships, our perception of ourself, career demands, loss, and pain in ways that are unwanted or that are resulting in disconnection or distress. It is my hope as a provider is that psychotherapy creates a safe enough space for my clients to gain insight, explore new and healthy approaches to coping, build deeper and closer connections with others in their lives, and gain a greater sense of compassion for oneself and others.
In our first session I work to develop a warm working relationship. My hope is that together we craft treatment goals that accurately reflect your current needs and develop an effective plan to support you in achieving those goals.
