About Maria
Maria Froilan is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California with over 15 years of experience. She focuses on practical support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and life transitions.
Background and approach
Maria works in plain language and aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone feeling overwhelmed. She centers sessions on what the client already knows about their life and strengths.
Maria helps people set small goals and practice concrete skills they can use between meetings. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral approaches to shift unhelpful thought patterns and build coping strategies.
For trauma-related concerns she draws on trauma-focused methods that break problems into small, manageable pieces. This helps people process difficult memories at a pace that feels safe and steady.
Sessions can include talk work, grounding exercises, and stepwise planning for recovery. Maria also supports people facing relationship and communication problems, parenting stress, career worries, and sleep difficulties.
She addresses mood concerns including bipolar symptoms, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related challenges while keeping the work straightforward and practical. Sessions are offered in English and Tagalog.
Maria uses a collaborative style - she listens first, then suggests approaches that fit the person’s needs and rhythm. Taking the first step can be hard, and she acknowledges that courage while helping people move forward.
How CBT and Trauma-Focused Work Online
Maria uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people recognize and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT sessions often include simple exercises and practice tasks that people can try between meetings to reduce anxiety and improve mood.She also offers Trauma-Focused Therapy to address the effects of past harm in a step-by-step way. This approach breaks down traumatic memories and reactions into manageable pieces and pairs processing with coping skills to reduce distress over time.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether CBT, trauma-focused methods, or a mix of techniques best fits the situation.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option and work well for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging let people share thoughts in writing and use brief check-ins throughout the week. These options provide flexibility so people can choose what works best for their schedule and comfort.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Tagalog