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Maria Garcia

Registered Social Worker | She/Her
Available in Ontario

Maria Garcia: Hours
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Maria Garcia, MSW is passionate about supporting people with developing healthy habits and strategies to cope with life's many challenges. Her aim is to support her clients with developing the insight and confidence to handle their struggles. She chooses to use Dialectical Behaviour Therapy in her work with clients because of its effectiveness when treating a wide range of emotional, behavioural and interpersonal challenges.

Maria received her Master of Social Work (MSW) and DBT training from the University of Toronto. She has completed intensive training in other therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Processing Therapy for Trauma (CPT), Mindfulness Meditation and Sex Addiction Therapy. In her spare time Maria enjoys being outdoors either hiking, bike riding, paddle boarding or rock climbing.

Favourite DBT Skill

"I find the mindfulness skill, Observe, very useful. When this skill is used first in any situation it allows us to slow down and notice what is happening in the moment before we choose how to respond."

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