Maria Dias, LCSW

Texas · 18 years in practice

Maria Dias is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of experience.

License and registration

LCSW, Texas: 104456 · expires April 2027
NPI: 1366748592 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 18
Languages: English

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About Maria

Maria Dias is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of experience. She blends practical techniques with a calm, person-focused manner to help people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. She uses hypnotherapy alongside other approaches to help people access calmer states and reduce intense symptoms.

Maria pairs that with client-centered work to keep sessions focused on each person’s needs and goals. She also draws on cognitive behavioral and mindfulness tools when people need concrete skills to manage thoughts and emotions.

Background and approach

Maria trained in social work and clinical practice after earning a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Social Work and a Master of Social Work from New York University. Over the years she has continued learning, including additional training in clinical work with adolescents, psychoanalytic ideas, and approaches for panic and anxiety. Her style is flexible rather than strictly theoretical.

She listens first, then builds a plan with the person. Sessions are used to talk through fears, set short-term goals, and practice skills that fit everyday life. People often come to her for help with family and parenting stress, attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, or coping with major life changes.

She also works with issues like trauma and abuse, anger, ADHD, body image, and compassion fatigue. Maria aims to create a steady, nonjudgmental space where progress can happen at a comfortable pace.

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
Depression
LGBT
Grief
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Phobias
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Women's issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Maria names

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Online support

How hypnotherapy and skills work online

Maria offers hypnotherapy as one tool to help people reach a calmer state and reduce intense symptoms, such as anxiety or panic. Hypnotherapy sessions involve guided relaxation and focused attention to make it easier to practice new habits or reframe distressing thoughts.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which centers sessions on the person's immediate needs and goals, and cognitive behavioral therapy, which teaches specific skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Client-centered work keeps the pace and topics driven by the person, while CBT provides step-by-step strategies for managing symptoms.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Maria will talk through options, try different techniques, and adjust plans based on what helps most. Goals, preferences, and daily life shape which approaches are used together.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversation and guided exercises, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can fit quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, school, or parenting schedules without long commutes.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Maria address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, grief, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career stress, ADHD, and related concerns.

What is her general therapy style?

Her approach is eclectic and client-centered. She listens first, then uses hypnotherapy, CBT, DBT, or mindfulness tools as fits the person's goals.

How long has she been practicing clinically?

She has 18 years of clinical experience working in mental health settings and continuing education in several therapeutic methods.

Where is she licensed and based?

Maria is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Texas.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Are international clients taken?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How does cost and starting therapy work?

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