Maria Caruso, LPC

Maria Caruso is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with more than 20 years of clinical experience. The LPC credential indicates professional training and state licensure to provide counseling services, and Caruso applies that background across a wide range of client needs and settings.

She has worked with adults and children, with couples and families, and in both group and individual formats, drawing on experience with people from varied backgrounds and ideologies. Her work has included supporting cancer patients and their family members during high-stress moments and accompanying them through grief and loss. Caruso has also practiced in corporate settings, helping individuals manage transitions and the challenges that accompany life changes.

Caruso describes counseling as a collaborative effort in which both client and therapist share responsibility for progress. She uses an integrative, multimodal approach that blends cognitive-behavioral techniques with cognitive, Gestalt, psychodynamic, client-centered, and relationship-focused strategies to match each person’s needs and personality. Practical tools such as contracting, journaling, and art-based interventions are used when helpful to surface issues that may be difficult to name or may be outside of conscious awareness.

Her professional mission is to offer hope, practical support, and knowledge to help clients find meaning and direction at any stage of life.