Maria Wells
Compassionate counseling grounded in practical strategies
LPC Wyoming
- Experience
- 4 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Maria
Maria Wells is a licensed professional counselor in Wyoming with four years of clinical experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief, and self-esteem concerns.
Background and approach
She centers her work on the client’s own knowledge of their life story, helping individuals identify strengths and build practical strategies to address current challenges. Her background includes work with substance and process addictions as well as issues related to adoption and foster care, blended-family dynamics, and personality-related patterns that affect relationships.
Maria integrates evidence-informed methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and EMDR alongside client-centered, narrative, and motivational approaches to tailor each plan to the person sitting across from her. She emphasizes collaborative work, meeting clients where they are and encouraging small, sustainable steps toward change.
Maria aims to make beginning therapy approachable, acknowledging the courage it takes to reach out and guiding clients through the early stages of treatment and goal-setting.
Approaches in Online Therapy and Practical Benefits
Maria frequently uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop concrete skills for managing anxiety, stress, and addictive behaviors. CBT emphasizes practical exercises and homework that translate into everyday coping strategies. She also incorporates eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) when addressing traumatic memories and intense distress, using structured protocols to help reduce the emotional charge of troubling experiences.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Maria works with each person to explore which methods feel most aligned with their goals and comfort level, adapting techniques over time as needs shift and progress is made. This collaborative stance helps clients feel involved in treatment planning from the start.
Online therapy with Maria is offered through multiple formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and communication preferences. These options provide flexibility for people balancing work, family, or geographic limitations, making it easier to maintain continuity of care and apply therapeutic tools between sessions.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
4+ years
Licensed
Wyoming
Languages
English