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Maria Mir, LMFT

  • Experience18 years
  • LocationCalifornia
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Family
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
  • LanguagesEnglish, Hindi, and Urdu
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About Maria

Maria Mir is a licensed LMFT based in California who supports adults navigating work stress, relationship tensions, parenting challenges, grief, and the effects of trauma.

Background and approach

With 18 years of clinical experience, she helps people who feel overwhelmed by daily demands, burnout, or sudden emotional triggers by offering calm, focused collaboration rather than judgment. Maria draws on therapeutic tools that address both present-day coping and deeper patterns that influence behavior and relationships.

Her approach blends Internal Family Systems with client-centered listening and evidence-based techniques like cognitive behavioral strategies and emotionally-focused interventions. This combination enables practical skill-building for stress and anxiety while also making space to explore attachment wounds, inner-child material, and longstanding patterns related to abandonment, caregiving strain, or intimacy concerns.

She provides services in English, Hindi, and Urdu and offers multiple session formats to fit differing schedules and needs. Maria frames therapy as a process of discovery and skill development, working with clients to clarify goals and try approaches that fit their life circumstances.

Her practice attends to a broad range of concerns including career transitions, eating and self-esteem issues, chronic illness and caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue.

How therapy approaches translate to online care



Internal Family Systems (IFS) explores the different parts or inner voices people carry, helping individuals access self-leadership and understand patterns that underlie anxiety, relationship struggles, and trauma-related responses. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathetic listening and support, creating a space where clients can describe their experience and feel heard as they clarify goals and find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and learning practical skills to reduce stress and improve daily functioning, which is useful for anxiety, work-related strain, and coping with life changes.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist works collaboratively with each person to determine what fits best based on presenting concerns, goals, and preferences. That exploration may include trying techniques from different modalities and adjusting the plan as progress and needs become clearer.

Online therapy via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offers practical flexibility for busy schedules and for those balancing work and family responsibilities. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care, try new strategies between sessions, and access therapy in the language that feels most comfortable, while allowing therapists and clients to focus on meaningful change within each person’s daily life.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Maria address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and self-esteem difficulties, career concerns, and coping with life changes among other clinical areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and nonjudgmental, combining client-centered listening with practical techniques to build coping skills and explore deeper patterns that contribute to present difficulties.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 18 years of experience working with adults on issues such as work stress, burnout, relationship conflicts, trauma-related material, and parenting concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, CA LMFT 51904, and practices from California.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Hindi, and Urdu for people who prefer those languages.
What session formats does she offer?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are sessions billed?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on her availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseParenting issues

Also works with

GriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImmigration issuesInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodPsychodynamic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

18+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English, Hindi, Urdu