Maria Abada
Compassionate, collaborative care for lasting change
LPC New Jersey
- Experience
- 16 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Maria
Maria Abada is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, relationship and family struggles, and the effects of trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
With 16 years in the mental health field, she has experience across residential, partial care, outpatient, in-home, and addiction settings, and in recent years has worked with perinatal mental health concerns including postpartum issues and pregnancy-related challenges. Her background gives her familiarity with a wide range of clinical presentations and recovery paths.
She favors a collaborative, person-centered style that emphasizes steady, lasting change rather than quick fixes. Maria draws from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) alongside mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, solution-focused techniques, and psychodynamic ideas to tailor treatment to each person’s needs.
Her work is informed by trauma-aware principles and a multicultural, holistic perspective that attends to how identity and life context shape well-being. Maria aims to set concrete goals and practical steps with clients while providing a warm and supportive therapeutic relationship.
Practical approaches for online therapy and skill building
Maria brings together cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness-based skills to help clients identify unhelpful thought patterns, test new behaviors, and build present-moment awareness. CBT offers structured tools to address anxiety, depression, and stress by changing thoughts and behaviors, while mindfulness therapy cultivates attention and acceptance to reduce reactivity and improve coping with difficult emotions.She also uses a client-centered stance that emphasizes empathy, active listening, and collaboration so that goals and methods reflect each person’s values and circumstances. Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process; the therapist works with clients to explore options, adjust techniques over time, and agree on goals that fit their needs and preferences.
Online formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow for flexible scheduling and consistent access to care from home or other convenient locations. These options can make it easier to maintain momentum between sessions, practice new skills in daily life, and attend appointments with fewer logistical barriers.
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Experience
16+ years
Licensed
New Jersey
Languages
English