Maria Mir, LMFT

California · 18 years in practice

Maria Mir works with adults who are worn down by work, relationships, or parenting demands.

License and registration

LMFT, California: 51904 · expires November 2027
NPI: 1629302195 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 18
Languages: English, Hindi, Urdu

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About Maria

Maria Mir works with adults who are worn down by work, relationships, or parenting demands. She speaks plainly about the everyday pressures that pile up and helps people untangle what matters most. Maria is a calm, steady presence for someone who needs a space to think and breathe.

Maria is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, with 18 years of clinical experience. She focuses on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, and career strain.

Background and approach

She also helps people navigate relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, and the aftermath of trauma and abuse. Her approach draws from Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) alongside client-centered methods and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, using those tools to look at feelings, patterns, and practical steps.

Sessions often include talking through strong emotions, identifying unhelpful patterns, and trying small changes that can be practiced between meetings. Maria also works with people facing complex challenges such as abandonment, attachment issues, adoption and foster care questions, chronic illness, caregiving stress, and codependency. She addresses communication problems and commitment concerns in direct, plain language so goals feel manageable.

Sessions are offered in English, Hindi, and Urdu for Californians. Maria provides therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to therapist availability.

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
Parenting issues
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Immigration issues
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Multicultural concerns
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Visually impaired
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Maria names

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Online support

How therapeutic approaches work in online care

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and name strong emotions and the patterns those feelings create in relationships. It can be useful when a person feels stuck in cycles of hurt, anxiety, or disconnection. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the client feels heard and understood, which helps people clarify what they want and why. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns and build new skills.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods as needed. This is a collaborative process that can shift over time as progress is made.

Online therapy by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when nonverbal cues matter. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone wants a simpler check-in. Live chat and text messaging can support shorter check-ins, written reflection, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options help people access consistent care without long commutes and with flexible scheduling.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She helps adults manage stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, grief, trauma and related concerns like abandonment and attachment problems.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy with client-centered listening and cognitive-behavioral techniques to work with emotions, identify patterns, and try practical changes.

How long has she been practicing?

She has 18 years of clinical experience working with adults on everyday and complex life challenges.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a CA LMFT, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English, Hindi, and Urdu.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How does billing and cost work?

Costs vary with location and therapist scheduling; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I start a therapy process with her?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions based on the therapist's availability.

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