Maria Frassinelli Sierra, LCSW, LICSW
Licensed in Connecticut · 25 years in practice
Maria Frassinelli Sierra helps people who are facing big life changes, grief, or stress find clearer ways forward.
License and registration
- LCSW, Connecticut
- 6023 · expires April 2026
- LICSW, Massachusetts
- LICSW127851 · expires April 2026
- NPI
- 1528839305 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
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About Maria
Maria Frassinelli Sierra helps people who are facing big life changes, grief, or stress find clearer ways forward. She is a licensed clinical social worker with experience supporting people through illness, caregiving strain, and career challenges. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier.
She brings 25 years of social work practice to sessions, including a long background in medical social work. That experience shaped her work with people coping with cancer, chronic illness, and end-of-life concerns.
Background and approach
She also supports those handling fertility, pregnancy and childbirth, or the emotional fallout from major transitions. Maria uses a mix of approaches to match a person's needs. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people live by their values, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to shift unhelpful thinking patterns, and Client-Centered techniques to build a dependable, respectful space.
She adapts tools to the issue at hand so people leave with clear things to try. Sessions may address compassion fatigue, money stress, communication problems, or questions about life purpose and midlife shifts. She also works with concerns related to HIV/AIDS, hospice and bereavement, and LGBT matters.
The style is collaborative and paced to what each person can manage. Maria holds Connecticut LCSW and Massachusetts LICSW credentials. She offers sessions in English and practices from Connecticut, combining clinical experience with an understanding of medical and caregiving systems.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Maria lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Career difficulties
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Maria names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Using practical therapies online for life and health challenges
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and keep living by what matters to them. It is useful for stress, coping with illness, and finding purpose after loss. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches skills to shift patterns that cause distress; it works well for anxiety, depression, and problem-focused goals. Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes a respectful, listening space where a person’s own insights guide change and healing.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped before. From there she tailors methods and checks in regularly to see what is working and what needs adjusting.
Online therapy can fit into busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer brief, ongoing support between sessions and can help people practice new skills in real time. These formats aim to make care more flexible and easier to schedule around medical appointments, work, or caregiving duties.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of issues does Maria address?
She focuses on grief, coping with life changes, stress and anxiety, compassion fatigue, and career concerns. She also helps people with medical-related challenges like cancer, chronic illness, and hospice or end-of-life matters.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical, using talk and actionable tools. Sessions focus on identifying goals and trying small changes that can make daily life easier.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 25 years of social work experience, including extensive work in medical social work settings. That background informs how she supports people facing health and caregiving challenges.
What credentials and location are associated with this therapist?
She holds a Connecticut Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and a Massachusetts LICSW. Her practice is based in Connecticut.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
Which session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to meet. These options allow shorter check-ins or longer conversations depending on needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; services are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing depends on chosen plan and scheduling.
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