About Maria
Dr. Maria Humphrey helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and big life changes.
Background and approach
She introduces simple, practical steps so clients can feel steadier day to day. Dr.
Humphrey is a licensed marriage and family therapist with ten years of experience in Florida and works in English and Spanish. She creates a warm, respectful space where people can talk about what feels hard.
Sessions focus on understanding current struggles and finding realistic ways to cope. The first meetings usually clarify immediate goals and priorities so therapy feels relevant from the start.
Her work combines several approaches to match each person’s needs. Client-centered methods keep the conversation rooted in the client’s experience.
Solution-focused ideas help identify small changes that lead to noticeable improvement. When deeper patterns matter, psychodynamic tools are used to look at long-standing emotions and relationship patterns.
Dr. Humphrey also addresses concerns like compassion fatigue, ADHD, caregiving stress, and issues tied to aging, cancer, or end-of-life care.
She supports people dealing with isolation, grief, guilt, and family conflict, helping them find practical ways forward. Therapy is collaborative and paced to each person.
Sessions may include goal-setting, behavior steps, and reflective conversation. The aim is to build resilience, increase self-compassion, and create clearer choices for daily life.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Client-centered therapy centers the conversation on what matters most to the client, with the therapist reflecting concerns and helping people clarify their own goals. This approach is useful for stress, low self-esteem, and life transitions where being heard matters most.Solution-focused therapy targets small, concrete steps that can change daily life quickly. It works well when someone wants practical strategies for managing anxiety, improving communication, or coping with caregiving demands.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client will talk about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adapt methods over time. This collaborative process makes it easier to try short-term strategies and also to shift into deeper exploration when needed.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people have a face-to-face conversation; phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited or a more mobile option is needed. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into daily life and keep consistent momentum toward goals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish