Maria Buxton, Pre LPC ( Located Virtually in PA and NJ)

Maria (she/they) is an Associate Licensed Professional Counselor with a Master of Education in Counseling Psychology from Temple University. A Philadelphia resident since 2017, Maria is grateful to support the community that has shaped them by offering thoughtful, relational, and affirming therapy.

Maria believes that many of us are carrying deep exhaustion — feeling disconnected from ourselves, from each other, and from a sense of vitality. Their role as a therapist is to help realign clients with resilience, clarity, and hope through an approach grounded in curiosity, collaboration, and kindness. While Maria brings perspective and clinical insight, they hold firmly that you are the expert of your own lived experience.

Maria works especially well with individuals who feel lost or disconnected from their sense of self. Many of their clients are seeking both reassurance and accountability — wanting honest reflection while also building self-trust. Together, they explore how to cultivate more secure relationships internally and externally, deepen self-acceptance, and move toward a life aligned with personal values and meaningful connection.

Maria has experience supporting LGBTQ+ and BIPOC individuals, neurodivergent clients, and those in ethically non-monogamous (ENM) or polyamorous relationships. They specialize in concerns related to self-esteem, executive functioning (including ADHD-related challenges), attachment patterns, identity development, and relational dynamics. Maria also works with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, life transitions, intimacy concerns, and career-related stress.

Their clinical approach is trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and tailored to each client’s needs. Drawing from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic therapy, psychodynamic theory, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and narrative approaches, Maria integrates insight-oriented and body-based work to support meaningful change. Whether focusing on thought patterns, emotional experience, attachment history, or somatic awareness, they adapt the pace and style of therapy to honor each client’s uniqueness.

Maria works with teenagers (13+) and adults who are ready to explore themselves with honesty and compassion — and who want support building lives and relationships that feel grounded, secure, and authentic.

Expertise

Anxiety

Career difficulties

Concentration, memory and focus (ADHD)

Coping with addictions

Coping with grief and loss

Coping with life changes

Depression

Eating disorders

Executive and professional coaching

Family Conflicts

Fatigue

Intimacy related issues

LGBTQ related issues

Motivation, self-esteem, and confidence

Relationship issues

Stress Management

Trauma and abuse

Women Issues

Additional Focus Areas/Expertise

Gender and Sexuality

Racial Identity

Polyamory/ENM

Personality disorders

Sex Therapy

Financial hardships

Teenagers (13-17)

Adults

Clinical Approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Client-Centered Therapy

Existential Theory

Psychodynamic Therapy

Somatic Therapy

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Internal Family Systems

Narrative Therapy

Trauma-Focused Therapy