Maria Capehart , LMHC

Maria Capehart is a bilingual English and Spanish Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with five years of experience in the mental health field. She works with a diverse range of adults and couples, offering care to members of the LGBT community, minority groups, and immigrants while addressing co-occurring mental health concerns. Maria has supported clients dealing with mood disorders, depression, anxiety, addictions, relationship and parenting challenges, emotion regulation, life adjustments and transitions, immigration-related stress, identity questions, and trauma.

Her clinical style is integrative, combining Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Motivational Interviewing to meet each person where they are. An LMHC is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, which indicates postgraduate training and state licensure to provide mental health services. Maria views each client as the expert on their own life and positions herself as a guide who helps build confidence, strengthen self-esteem, and replace unhelpful beliefs with more adaptive ways of thinking and coping. She focuses on practical skills for managing stressors and symptoms that can accompany co-occurring conditions.

Working together, Maria helps clients identify internal and external resources to create a more balanced and healthy lifestyle. She aims to support clients in uncovering strengths, developing new coping strategies, and moving toward personal goals, and she looks forward to collaborating with those who seek change.

Therapeutic approaches for online care and growth

Maria Capehart draws on Client-Centered Therapy to create a supportive, nonjudgmental space where clients are treated as the experts of their own experience. This approach emphasizes empathy and active listening to help people explore values, identity, and personal goals, and it can be especially helpful for concerns like identity, relationship issues, and self-esteem.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a practical method that examines the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. CBT offers concrete strategies to challenge unhelpful thinking patterns and develop skills for managing anxiety, depression, and emotion regulation difficulties.

Motivational Interviewing is another tool in her toolkit, aimed at enhancing a person’s own motivation for change. This collaborative, goal-oriented style supports people who are ambivalent about change, including those working on addictions, lifestyle shifts, or behavior change.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Maria works collaboratively with each person to identify the methods that best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with Maria can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and life demands. These options make it easier to access consistent care from licensed professionals while balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.