Maria Caballero
Calm, practical therapy for life transitions
LPC Virginia
- Experience
- 22 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English, Spanish
About Maria
Maria Caballero is a licensed professional counselor with 22 years of practice who draws on cognitive behavioral therapy as a central framework while integrating relational and mindfulness-based strategies.
Background and approach
She emphasizes practical skills and evidence-informed techniques to address symptoms like anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, and compassion fatigue while also attending to deeper patterns tied to family of origin and trauma-related concerns. Her work spans a wide range of life challenges including parenting tensions, relationship conflict, career stress, grief, and the emotional impact of immigration and discrimination.
Maria adapts conversations and care plans to reflect each person's background, cultural context, and goals, offering services in both English and Spanish. She aims to create a respectful, sensitive environment where clients can explore meaning, practice new coping tools, and build toward improved emotional balance.
Located in Virginia and practicing under the LPC credential, Maria brings compassion and steady support to people navigating midlife shifts, mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and workplace issues. She guides clients through tailored interventions that combine practical symptom management with attention to relational repair and personal growth.
Therapeutic approaches for online growth and resilience
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and adjusting unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors; it is useful for addressing anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, and stress by teaching practical coping skills and problem-solving strategies. Attachment-Based Therapy attends to how early relationships shape current patterns of relating and can help people who want to improve intimacy, heal from relational wounds, or better understand family dynamics. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a compassionate, nonjudgmental stance in which the therapist provides empathy and support while clients lead the pace and focus of their own healing.
Choosing the right approach is often a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to concerns, explore goals and preferences, and combine elements from different methods to create a plan that fits the client's needs rather than prescribing a single path from the outset.
Online sessions via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to connect from different locations within Virginia. These formats offer flexibility in how people engage with therapeutic work and allow licensed professionals to use the same therapeutic tools and skills as in-person care while adapting to each client's communication style.
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Experience
22+ years
Licensed
Virginia
Languages
English, Spanish