Maria Grimshaw-Clark

Maria Grimshaw-Clark is a licensed clinical social worker with 34 years of experience who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship struggles. She offers calm, practical support for problems such as anger, self-esteem, bipolar mood concerns, and the emotional fallout from trauma and abuse. Her approach is straightforward and centered on the person in front of her. Clients often focus on changing unhelpful coping patterns and building new ways of relating to themselves and others. Maria uses mindfulness exercises to bring attention to the present moment. She combines that with client-centered listening and skills from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches to create helpful tools for day-to-day life. Over three decades she has worked with individuals, couples, and people dealing with family-related challenges, helping them make connections and reach new insights. Her background includes family mental health and systems theory, which inform how she considers the roles people play in their relationships. Sessions tend to emphasize practical steps - identifying thought patterns, practicing emotion regulation skills, and learning communication techniques informed by the Gottman method. Maria also draws on mindfulness and meditation practices to reduce reactivity and increase self-awareness. To begin, readers are asked to use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to available times. If a needed time is not shown, the profile notes that messaging about alternative times is an option to explore.

How Maria’s approaches translate to online therapy

Maria uses mindfulness practices to help people notice thoughts and bodily sensations in the moment, which can reduce reactivity and make daily stress easier to manage. Client-centered work focuses on listening and reflecting so clients feel heard while they sort out what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Maria works with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made. That collaborative stance helps clients try different tools and keep what genuinely helps.

Session logistics and formats are not specified in this profile, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules demand it. It also lets people practice mindfulness and communication skills in daily life between meetings, and the therapist can help shape exercises that suit each person’s routine.