Maria Mir, LMFT

California · 18 years in practice

Maria Mir is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who helps adults facing daily stress and relationship strain.

License and registration

LMFT, California: 51904 · expires November 2027
NPI: 1629302195 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 18
Languages: English, Hindi, Urdu

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About Maria

Maria Mir is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who helps adults facing daily stress and relationship strain. She speaks English, Hindi, and Urdu and practices from California. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at making time for yourself feel possible again.

Maria focuses on everyday pressures like work stress, parenting demands, burnout, and arguments with loved ones. She also supports people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, body image and eating concerns, and the strain of caregiving.

Background and approach

Sessions are conversational and practical, centered on what feels most urgent to the person in front of her. Her approach blends existential perspectives with client-centered listening and cognitive-behavioral tools. That means conversations examine meaning and values while also testing small, concrete steps to shift thinking and behavior.

She uses emotionally-focused ideas and relationship work when intimacy or communication problems are part of the picture. Maria draws on 18 years of clinical experience to tailor what happens in session. She aims to be a steady, nonjudgmental presence and a place to sort through conflicting feelings.

People come away with clearer priorities and doable next steps. Her work often addresses specific concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, adoption and foster care, chronic illness and pain, career stress, and compassion fatigue. Maria helps clients translate insights into everyday routines and choices that reduce overwhelm and build resilience.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Maria lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Parenting issues
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Immigration issues
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Multicultural concerns
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Visually impaired
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Maria names

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Online support

Approach and online options that fit your life

Maria integrates existential work with client-centered listening and cognitive-behavioral techniques. Existential therapy helps people look at values, purpose, and the hard questions that come with major life changes. Client-centered work creates space to be heard and seen without judgment. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the thoughts and routines that keep stress and anxiety active, offering concrete skills to test between sessions.

Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Maria will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether deeper meaning work, emotion-focused conversations, or step-by-step behavior changes best match the issue at hand.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or updates between appointments. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep continuity when life is unpredictable.

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Questions people ask

What problems does she help with?

She helps adults with stress, anxiety, relationship and parenting challenges as well as grief, trauma and intimacy-related issues.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Sessions are conversational and focused on meaning and practical change, combining reflective listening with behavioral tools to try out between meetings.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Maria has 18 years of experience working in mental health settings and independent practice.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English, Hindi, and Urdu.

What session formats are available?

She meets with clients by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

How are sessions priced?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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