Maria Balan
Welcome! I am a bilingual Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of Florida with 18 years of experience. I am passionate about serving individual and couples from various ethnic backgrounds and sexual orientation. I utilize a holistic approach in therapy while addressing body, mind, and spirit. Bienvenid@!
Mi pasion es servir a pacientes individuales y parejas de diferentes origenes etnicos y orientacion sexual.
Tengo 18 años de experiencia como licensiada en salud mental en el estado de la Florida. Mi pasion es servir a pacientes individuales y parejas de diferentes origenes etnicos y orientacion sexual. Utilizo un modo holistico en terapia considerando cuerpo, mente, y corazon.
First session
I build rapport with clients through a compassionate approach while meeting each client where they are at in their journey.
Strengths
I believe in utilizing a holistic approach to treatment while using various evidenced based modalities including MCBT, ACT, and Gottman Method (completed Level 3).
Ideal clients
I am skilled at treating a range of mental health issues including but not limited to anxiety, depression, relational issues, substance use disorders, and addiction.
Treatment methods
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
Guiding clients to accept their thoughts and feelings and making a commitment to choose something leads to powerful changes.
Attachment-based
Learning about the different types of attachment and identifying the need for a secure base is imperative in knowing ourselves and yielding great potential in our interpersonal relationships.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Being able to recognize how our thoughts affect our feelings, and how our feelings affect our behavior is a basic principle which is life changing.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
DBT can be useful in helping use self-regulate our emotions among other things.
Gottman method
Gottman method is a research-based couples therapy method developed by John and Julie Gottman grounded in the Sound Relationship House theory, which specifies nine elements of a healthy relationship.
Location
Virtual sessions
Identifies as
Top specialties
Other specialties
Serves
Licensed in
- FloridaLicense MH17182