Maria Farraye-BiggsLCSW

Maria Farraye-Biggs is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with three decades of experience. She works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and life changes. Maria speaks English and Spanish and practices from New Jersey. She aims to build a trusting relationship where clients feel heard and respected.

Maria draws on her own life experience as someone who has attended therapy, managed medical challenges, and raised a child with ADHD. That background informs a down-to-earth style and a belief that therapy can help. Sessions focus on listening, gentle challenge, and practical steps clients can use between appointments.

Her approach blends several methods to fit the problem at hand. She uses client-centered techniques to make space for each person’s story. Cognitive behavioral ideas help people recognize and change unhelpful patterns of thought and behavior.

She also uses psychodynamic perspectives to look at long-standing patterns, and solution-focused strategies to set clear, achievable goals. Psychoeducation is used when learning about symptoms or strategies will help someone cope better.

Maria emphasizes respect, authenticity, and collaboration in therapy. She encourages clients to set their own goals and works with them step by step. Her aim is to support people as they find strength, manage symptoms like postpartum depression or anxiety, and make meaningful changes in their lives.

How Maria’s approaches translate to online work

Maria uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person’s priorities and feelings, offering space to be heard and understood. This approach helps when someone needs support processing emotions or deciding what matters most.

She also incorporates cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. CBT offers practical tools for anxiety, depression, postpartum mood concerns, and stress so people can try small changes between sessions.

Finding the right way of working is a collaborative process. Maria will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they will choose which approaches to try and how to pace progress.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find it helpful to continue therapy through life transitions, parenting challenges, or postpartum adjustment when scheduling is tight. Discuss format and practical needs with Maria when you schedule so sessions match your routine and goals.