Therapist profile
Maria Wilson, LCSW
Indiana
LCSW focusing on relationships and trauma
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, Indiana / 34009408A; LCSW, Nevada / 11277-C
- NPI
- 1902308166
- Experience
- 15 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Indiana
About
- CBT methods
- DBT skills
- EMDR options
About Maria
Maria Wilson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Nevada and Indiana with 15 years as a clinical counselor and three decades of broader professional experience. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and codependency. She also has experience supporting people facing parenting challenges, grief, eating concerns, and compassion fatigue.
In sessions she keeps the conversation direct and practical. She listens for what matters most and helps people name patterns that leave them depleted. She uses straightforward tools drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to build clearer thinking and steadier emotional responses.
Maria also draws on client-centered and existential ideas to help people make sense of values, choices, and meaning after a life change. For trauma that remains active, she offers EMDR as one of several approaches to reduce distress tied to difficult memories. She blends methods based on what someone needs in the moment rather than sticking to a single model.
Her background includes many years working with teens and families in varied settings, which informs how she talks about family roles and communication. She describes therapy as a collaborative process where people practice new behaviors in small steps and track what changes.
Sessions are offered in English and she works from Indiana. The practice uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time; confirm the current session options before booking. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule their first appointment.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. Online sessions using this approach are about making space to talk, clarifying values, and deciding what changes feel realistic. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, works by identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with clear experiments or behaviors. When offered online, CBT often includes homework and short skill practice between sessions. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused option that uses guided memory processing to reduce distress tied to specific events; online EMDR adapts techniques so the person can do guided processing with the therapist present.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client discuss goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust based on what helps. This means a collaborative process where methods are introduced gradually and checked for fit rather than prescribed up front.
The biography does not specify which online formats are offered, so confirm available session types before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - it can cut travel time, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and support using audio-only options if less bandwidth or not being on camera is preferable. Licensed professionals often adapt exercises and handouts to the online setting so practical skills can be practiced between meetings.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Indiana, Nevada
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Maria helps with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, codependency, parenting and related struggles.
How does she work in sessions?
She uses a practical, conversational style and mixes strategies from client-centered work, CBT and DBT to address thinking patterns and emotion regulation.
How long has she been practicing clinically?
She has 15 years as a clinical counselor and about 30 years of total professional experience in settings that included work with teens and families.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in Nevada and Indiana and she practices in Indiana.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
The original biography does not list session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule the first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.