Dr. Maryellen Romero
Compassionate psychologist focusing on practical change
AZ Psychologist PSY-005121 Arizona
- Experience
- 14 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Maryellen
Dr. Maryellen Romero brings 14 years of clinical experience to her Arizona practice as a licensed psychologist (AZ Psychologist PSY-005121).
Background and approach
Her work has focused on helping people manage stress and anxiety, address addictions and process addictive behaviors, and navigate the effects of trauma, attachment challenges, and depression. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while shaping treatment plans around each client's particular situation.
Her approach combines practical, evidence-informed tools with attention to relationship patterns and long-standing emotional themes. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, alongside attachment-based ideas to explore how early relationships influence current reactions and connections.
Dr. Romero adapts sessions to fit individual goals, whether the priority is coping with grief, improving self-esteem, addressing substance or process addictions, or working through family and caregiver stress.
Clients can expect collaborative planning and a focus on skills that translate into everyday life. She acknowledges that starting therapy requires courage and supports people through the initial steps of matching and scheduling so they can begin work on practical, meaningful changes.
Integrating CBT and Attachment Work in Online Therapy
Dr. Romero draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients recognize unhelpful thought patterns and develop practical coping skills for issues like anxiety, mood concerns, and addictive behaviors. These approaches focus on changing thoughts and behaviors that maintain distress and building strategies that work in day-to-day life.She also uses attachment-based ideas to explore how early relationship experiences shape current emotional responses and interpersonal patterns, which can be useful when addressing relationship stress, caregiver strain, or long-standing feelings of isolation and shame. That perspective helps uncover how past bonds influence present reactions and supports developing healthier ways of relating.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan based on what proves most helpful. Clients and therapist together decide whether CBT techniques, attachment-focused work, or a combination best addresses the concerns.
Online options including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offer flexibility for scheduling and continuity of care. These formats make it easier to maintain consistent sessions while balancing work, caregiving, or other commitments, and allow clients to access licensed professionals from their own location.
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Experience
14+ years
Licensed
Arizona
Languages
English