About Maria
Maria Karayianni is a licensed therapist in California with twenty years of professional experience. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, body image and self-esteem concerns.
Background and approach
He also supports those dealing with eating and intimacy-related issues and people navigating major life changes. He sees each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on.
Sessions are practical and focused on real problems that show up day to day. Maria aims to make the first steps feel manageable and clear rather than overwhelming.
His approach blends psychodynamic work with solution-focused methods. That means he pays attention to patterns that repeat over time while also setting short-term goals that produce faster relief.
Together with clients he notices how past experiences shape present behavior and then finds small, doable changes to try. Over two decades of practice have included helping people with relationship and communication problems, loneliness and feelings of emptiness, and concerns related to gender and sexual identity.
He also addresses issues like hoarding, money stress, and coping during or after medical challenges such as cancer. Sessions are offered in English and Greek and can be arranged through a subscription model that is canceled at any time.
Maria encourages people to take modest first steps and to shape therapy around their pace and priorities.
How these approaches work online
Psychodynamic therapy looks at recurring patterns and relationships from a person's past and how they show up now. Online sessions give time to notice those patterns and talk through how they affect daily life and relationships.Solution-focused therapy centers on small, practical steps toward agreed goals. In short-term exchanges he and the client identify a clear goal, try small changes between sessions, and review what helps most in real life.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. He will discuss goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before, then suggest a mix of methods. The plan can be adjusted over time as clients try new strategies and report back about what works.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people read facial cues and body language, phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit a work break, and chat or messaging can be useful for brief check-ins or when someone prefers writing. These options make therapy easier to fit into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Body image
- Cancer
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Gender dysphoria
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Greek