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Maria K. Caras, LMHC, PLLC

Maria is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. She is here to provide you with the empathy, guidance, and validation that you’re seeking for.

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“I have been going to maria for 2 years now and she has honestly helped me so much. as someone who’s only a teen i felt so connected to maria and i felt very comfortable with talking to her about anything even after the first few sessions. I trust Maria and finding someone like her was amazing. if you are looking for a therapist to go to she’s definitely the one!”

“I’ve been seeing Maria for about 5-6 years now and she is the best! I can connect with her and it feels so comfortable. It feels like I’m talking to a friend! She’s so open! I was very against therapy at first but after my first session I felt comfortable enough to speak with her!”

“Maria is an outstanding mental health counselor. I have been seeing her for about a year now and she has helped me improve so much mentally, physically, and emotionally. We’ve also built a bond of trust, friendship, and comfort which has meant so much to me and gave me the ability to better myself and allow her to help me at her fullest potential”.

“Almost coming up on a year of seeing maria. she is an amazing lmhc, and is extremely kind and understanding. it is so easy to feel comfortable with her and talk about anything at all. almost every aspect of my life has improved since starting sessions :)!!”

“I’ve been seeing Maria for almost 2 years now. I really enjoy speaking with Maria as she is a great listener, very genuine and offers great advice. I feel like I have improved so much since I’ve started seeing her”

“Maria is an amazing therapist and has helped me through so much. She’s easy to talk to and awesome at working around my schedule”.

“Seeing Maria has really helped me and I would recommend her to anyone who just needs someone to talk to. She is so nice and she offers amazing advice”.

“Maria is amazing, she makes me feel so comfortable, she always makes sure everything is just right for, even the lighting, she makes me feel very safe ! :)”

“Maria is the best, I love everything about her practice and she has helped me greatly the last 2 and a half years”.

“She’s so kind and understanding and great at what she does !”

This program helped me to come to terms with my relationship with my dad. It also helped me with the loss of my brother which has been extremely hard for me. I am so glad I participated in this program.

Participant in Staten Island, NY

The program has helped me tremendously. I might not feel 100 percent but I feel like I am able to continue with my life and it’s okay to feel sad but the most important thing is that I am able to move on and have the beautiful memories in my heart.

Participant in Staten Island, NY

Great support system that provided much needed validation and coping methods.

Participant in Staten Island, NY

I definitely feel like it has helped me. I will recommend this program to anyone that is grieving.

Participant in Staten Island, NY

I felt the program really opened my eyes to the different forms of grief. The book was excellent and easy to read. The HW assignments also really helped me. It helped me see how effective journaling is for processing my thoughts. I felt like the facilitator, Maria Caras, was excellent. I felt very comfortable openingContinue reading “Participant in Staten Island, NY”

Participant in Staten Island, NY

It helped me recognize the different ways of grief. The program also showed me how I was handling and dealing with my own grief 

Participant in Staten Island, NY

 I found both the program and facilitator to be very helpful in areas of grief that I was experiencing. I learned things about my grief I hadn’t thought of along with ways to cope. 

Participant in Staten Island, NY

About Maria

“I allow you the freedom and safe space to have a ‘voice” to express your inner thoughts and feelings.”

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  • mariakcaras.lmhc@gmail.com
  • (718) 608-7303

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3930 Richmond Avenue
Lower level Suite 105
Staten Island, New York 10312

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