Maria Petrongolo, LPC

Maria Petrongolo is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 13 years of experience. She focuses on helping people handle life changes, relationship struggles, family tensions, and self-esteem issues in a calm, practical way.

She offers straightforward support for young adults navigating school, work, and the transition to greater independence. She also helps people handle workplace stress and the everyday pressures that affect mental well-being.

Maria pays special attention to health-related concerns. She talks with people about body image, chronic illness and pain, cancer, and hospice or end-of-life questions. She also provides guidance around postpartum depression, pregnancy and childbirth challenges, and seasonal mood changes.

Her work includes support for caregivers and people coping with aging and geriatric issues. Sessions focus on clear steps and coping tools that can be used between meetings to manage stress and difficult decisions.

Maria aims to create a compassionate, empowering space where clients can build resilience and self-compassion. She takes a collaborative approach, helping each person find realistic ways to move forward and meet their goals.

Evidence-based approaches and how they help online

Maria uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional support. One common approach emphasizes identifying patterns in thoughts and behaviors and testing small changes to reduce distress and improve daily functioning; it is useful for mood concerns, body image issues, and workplace stress. Another approach concentrates on building coping skills and emotional resilience through short, actionable steps and reflective exercises; this helps with life transitions, caregiving strain, and adjustment to chronic illness.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That decision can shift over time as goals change or new challenges emerge.

If you are interested in online therapy, please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking since the biography does not specify them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten commute time, and allow brief check-ins during a break. It can also make it simpler to continue care when managing health appointments or caregiving responsibilities.