Meet Maria
Thirty years of listening — in two languages.
Maria Van Thienen is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (FL MT3115), EMDR-certified, with more than three decades of practice supporting couples, adults, teens, and children.
Her calling
A practice built on presence.
Maria believes therapy works best when it is warm, collaborative, and never rushed. Her practice is rooted in the conviction that people already carry their strengths — sometimes those strengths just need a calmer room to be seen again.
She works with couples on reconnection and repair, and with individuals on anxiety, depression, and trauma. Sessions move at the pace your nervous system can hold, with EMDR brought in when memory and the body need a way through.
Maria is bilingual in English and Spanish, and welcomes fluid switching between languages — many families find that meaning lands more clearly that way.
Credentials
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (Florida MT3115). EMDR-certified clinician.
Approach
Warm, non-judgmental, goal-oriented — integrating CBT, EMDR, and mindfulness.
Who she sees
Couples, adults, teens, and children — in English and Spanish.