Maria Coyle

Maria Coyle is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 25 years of practice. She focuses on eating and food-related issues alongside anxiety, depression, grief, and life changes. Her approach aims to make conversations clear and practical so parents and young adults can find straightforward ways forward.

She meets people where they are and listens first. Sessions focus on identifying what matters most and building steps that fit daily life. Maria uses straightforward tools from several therapy styles to help with mood, relationships, and coping skills.

Her background includes work in schools and private practice in New Jersey. That mix gives experience with both teens and adults from many cultural and ethnic backgrounds. She draws on real-world experience helping people navigate parenting strains, loss, and trauma reactions.

Maria often combines client-centered conversations with cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also uses motivational interviewing to support change and solution-focused methods to set small, achievable goals. These approaches are adapted to each person’s needs rather than applied the same way to everyone.

In sessions she helps people break down a problem, try a new strategy, and notice what works. Her style is collaborative and practical, aimed at producing manageable steps. Readers should confirm current session options before booking.

How her approaches guide online therapy

Maria uses client-centered therapy to build a caring conversation focused on the person's priorities. This approach emphasizes listening, reflecting, and helping people clarify what they want to change, which fits situations like eating concerns, grief, and relationship stress.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. CBT involves practical exercises and small behavior changes that can reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful patterns around food.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will help identify goals and try methods that match needs and preferences. Decisions about techniques are made collaboratively and can shift as progress is made.

Session logistics vary by practice, so confirm available formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit check-ins around school or work, reduce travel time, and allow short follow-ups when needed. Many people find remote sessions useful for steady, goal-focused progress while balancing daily responsibilities.