- Stress and anxiety
- Addiction recovery
- Communication skills
About Maria
Maria Krause is a Nevada licensed professional clinical counselor (LCPC) with 10 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. Maria works with people who are carrying guilt and shame and with those managing relationship concerns or recovery from substance and process addictions.
She uses straightforward, evidence-based techniques to address difficult feelings and everyday problems. Sessions often include talking through what keeps a person stuck, building clearer communication skills, and practicing ways to soothe intense self-criticism. Maria encourages learning practical habits that reduce overwhelm and improve functioning day to day.
People come to her for help with codependency, commitment issues, and communication problems. She also supports those navigating divorce and separation, midlife changes, and forgiveness work. Addiction-related concerns she sees include drug and alcohol use and process addictions such as pornography, exercise, and gambling.
Maria’s approach emphasizes building self-awareness and kind self-talk rather than blaming oneself for past actions. She uses tools to break cycles of guilt and shame and to strengthen relationships with others and with the self. Sessions are focused, conversational, and grounded in real-world skills.
Clients should expect practical guidance alongside emotional exploration. Maria asks about current stresses, patterns of thinking and behavior, and concrete goals. From there she and the person decide what to try next and how to track progress over time.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online sessions
Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on changing unhelpful thinking and building new behaviors. Cognitive approaches help people notice and challenge harsh self-judgments, which can reduce the grip of guilt and shame. Behavioral strategies teach small, repeatable steps to change routines that feed anxiety, depression, or addictive patterns.Mindfulness-informed skills can help with strong feelings by teaching simple ways to track bodily and emotional responses without getting overwhelmed. These methods are often brief practices or guided exercises that can be used between sessions to steady mood and attention.
Finding the right mix of techniques is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about the person’s goals, current struggles, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which approaches to try and adjust them as progress and needs change.
Confirm the specific session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Therapists and licensed professionals use the online setting to teach skills, review homework, and practice communication exercises so learning can be applied in everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Nevada
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to guilt and shame?
She works with guilt and shame tied to relationships, past behavior, faith, and life transitions, alongside depression, anxiety, and addiction issues.
How would she approach someone stuck in shame?
She uses evidence-based techniques to identify self-critical patterns, introduce kinder self-talk, and teach coping skills for intense emotions.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She is a Nevada LCPC with 10 years of clinical practice working with mood, grief, addiction, and life-change concerns.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She holds an LCPC credential in Nevada and practices with that licensure.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions scheduled and what formats are used?
Confirm current session options before booking since specific formats are not listed in the biography.
How are fees handled and how do subscriptions work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.