About Maria
Maria Daly is an LCSW with 12 years of clinical experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, LGBT issues, and challenges to self-esteem and life transitions.
Background and approach
She practices in Illinois and integrates evidence-based methods to address complex emotional and interpersonal difficulties, including attachment and blended family dynamics, codependency, gender dysphoria matters, end-of-life and hospice counseling, and questions around non-monogamous relationships. Her therapeutic style is collaborative and patient, offering a nonjudgmental space where clients can explore their experiences and build understanding.
Maria uses education about emotional patterns alongside practical interventions so clients can develop new skills and greater psychological resilience. She aims to support each person’s defined goals, whether that means symptom reduction, improved relationships, or increased acceptance and meaning.
Clients can expect an approach that blends acceptance and commitment principles, trauma-focused work, mindfulness practices, and cognitive-behavioral strategies tailored to the presenting concern. Maria affirms the courage it takes to seek help and focuses on empowering people to make sustainable changes toward healthier functioning and greater well-being.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Maria uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify values and build acceptance of difficult emotions while taking steps toward meaningful behavior change; ACT can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She also employs Trauma-Focused Therapy to address the lingering effects of traumatic experiences through structured, evidence-informed interventions that aim to reduce trauma-related distress and improve functioning.Choosing the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to identify goals, assess which methods align with those goals and personal preferences, and adjust strategies over time to find the best fit for each person’s needs.
Online therapy with Maria is offered through flexible formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it possible to access support from different locations and at varying times. These options allow clients to engage in skill practice, receive therapeutic guidance, and maintain continuity of care in ways that accommodate busy schedules and differing comfort levels.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English