Maryann Steiner , LCSW

Maryann Steiner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 35 years of experience. She focuses on women’s issues and common life struggles like stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship concerns. Her style is warm and straightforward. She listens closely and helps people take practical steps forward.

Maryann draws from client-centered work that keeps each person’s priorities first. She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot patterns that keep problems going, and she brings hypnotherapy and mindfulness tools when those fit a person’s goals. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, not lecture-based.

Her background includes long experience in medical settings where she provided psychotherapy and life coaching for people facing chronic and acute health problems, substance use, and complex life stressors. She also has direct experience with foster care from many years as a foster parent, which informs her understanding of adoption and foster care concerns.

In sessions she helps people with parenting stress, caregiver strain, chronic pain and illness, and the aftermath of trauma or abuse. She also supports those wrestling with intimacy, addiction, hoarding, and family of origin issues. Work is tailored so the plan matches each person’s needs and pace.

Maryann aims to create a respectful space where people can name problems, try new coping skills, and build more satisfying daily routines. She guides practical steps and offers steady support as clients work toward clearer goals.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Maryann commonly uses client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral techniques in online sessions. Client-centered work focuses on the person’s priorities and builds a respectful dialogue so goals come from what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify and change thoughts and behaviors that keep problems in place, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.

She also offers mindfulness practices and hypnotherapy when those approaches match a person’s needs. Mindfulness teaches simple attention and breathing habits to reduce reactivity. Hypnotherapy involves guided relaxation and imagery to support change in habits or emotional reactions. Maryann treats the choice of approach as collaborative and flexible rather than fixed.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will help clients decide which methods fit their goals, lifestyle, and comfort level. Sessions begin with a conversation about what the person wants to achieve and adapt over time as progress is reviewed.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more accessible. Video lets people use visual cues and longer meeting times for deeper work. Phone offers a lower-bandwidth option and can be easier when only audio is needed. Live chat or messaging supports short check-ins, emotional support between sessions, or people who prefer written communication.