Maryann Steiner, LCSW

Maryann Steiner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and midlife transitions. She works with clients who are dealing with relationship strain, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, trauma, and everyday pressures. Her tone is empathetic and straightforward, focused on practical steps people can use right away.

She draws on 35 years of clinical experience in medical settings. That background includes psychotherapy and life coaching for people with chronic and acute illnesses, substance use issues, and complex life changes. Maryann also has long experience with foster care and caring for teens through foster parenting.

Her approach centers on the person in front of her. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow a client’s pace and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thinking and practice new responses.

Maryann also integrates hypnotherapy and mindfulness techniques when they fit a client’s goals. Together with each person she adapts the conversation and plan to what feels doable in daily life. Sessions focus on clear goals, small experiments, and skills people can apply between meetings.

She respects that starting therapy takes courage and sees her role as supportive and empowering. Maryann frames the work as collaboration - listening first, then planning next steps that match a person’s needs and life situation.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s priorities. In practice this means sessions start with the client’s concerns and proceed at their pace, which can help with issues like relationship strain, caregiving stress, or grief.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. It uses simple exercises and small behavioral changes to ease anxiety, depression, and habits that get in the way of daily life.

Mindfulness techniques help people notice their thoughts and bodily reactions without getting swept away by them. These practices can support sleep, stress management, and coping with chronic illness.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and pace. That decision is revisited as needs change so the plan stays practical and grounded in everyday life.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and let people try short check-ins when life is hectic. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and mindfulness practices for remote sessions so progress continues between meetings.