Maria Teresa Tiscareno

Sometimes you can be carrying far more than the people around you realize. Anxiety may keep your mind constantly running, grief can make it difficult to feel like yourself again, and cultural or relationship stress can leave you feeling caught between what others expect from you and what you actually need. I work with seniors, adults, adolescents, and children experiencing anxiety, depression, cultural and ethnic concerns, grief or loss, and trauma. These experiences can also overlap with stress, family or relationship challenges, and difficult life experiences, especially when your culture, relationships, and personal history influence how you understand what you are going through. Therapy can give you a space where those different parts of your experience are understood together. Together, we can make sense of what has been weighing on you, strengthen healthier ways of coping, and help you feel more grounded and connected to yourself.

Our work will make room for both the person you are and the culture, relationships, losses, and experiences that have shaped you. We’ll explore how anxiety, depression, cultural and ethnic concerns, grief or loss, and trauma may be affecting your emotional wellbeing and the way you experience yourself and your relationships. I may use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help you recognize patterns in thoughts and behaviors that contribute to distress and develop healthier ways of responding, while Trauma Focused CBT can help you understand and process painful experiences while building skills to manage the emotions and reactions connected to them. We will also pay attention to how your cultural background, relationships, and lived experiences influence the way you understand yourself and what healing looks like for you. Our sessions will be collaborative, supportive, and grounded in your individual experience rather than asking you to separate your emotional health from the culture and relationships that are important to you.

You do not need to have the right words for everything you are experiencing before coming to therapy. During our first few sessions, we will take time to understand what has brought you here, what has been most difficult, and what you hope will feel different. Together, we will create goals that feel meaningful and realistic while deciding where it makes the most sense to begin. You can expect me to bring warmth, curiosity, and encouragement to our conversations while creating a space where you can talk openly about anxiety, depression, grief, culture, relationships, or painful experiences without feeling judged. Progress may look like feeling less consumed by worry, reconnecting with yourself when depression feels heavy, finding ways to carry grief without feeling defined by it, understanding how your experiences have shaped you, or feeling safer and more grounded after trauma. We will continue checking in on your goals and shape our work around what helps you feel more understood, supported, and confident moving forward.