Maria Russo, LCSW, CSW

Licensed in Colorado · 25 years in practice

Maria Russo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Colorado with 25 years of clinical experience.

License and registration

LCSW, Colorado: CSW.00000833 · expires August 2027
NPI: 1750589909 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 25
Languages: English

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About Maria

Maria Russo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Colorado with 25 years of clinical experience. She combines professional training with lived experience to help people move past old wounds and find more ease in daily life. Her work focuses on practical change and emotional rebuilding rather than labels or jargon.

Maria often begins by listening closely to what feels most urgent. She helps people identify patterns that keep them stuck and then tries out different ways to respond.

Background and approach

Sessions aim to strengthen coping skills, improve communication, and reduce symptoms of anxiety or low mood. Many clients come for help with trauma, grief, relationship struggles, addiction, or major life changes. Maria also supports people dealing with issues such as abandonment, blended family concerns, cancer-related stress, aging questions, and codependency.

She blends straightforward talk with tools that people can use between sessions. Her approach centers on respect and curiosity. Maria encourages people to name their values and connect actions to what matters most.

She uses methods drawn from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, motivational interviewing, narrative approaches, and existential themes to tailor sessions to each person. Outside the room, Maria draws on decades of study and personal recovery to guide her work. She frames therapy as a practical partnership: clients set goals, and she offers structure, feedback, and steady support.

The emphasis is on slow, steady progress toward living with more authenticity and calm.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Maria lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Depression
Coping with life changes
Addictions
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Coaching
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Blended family issues
Cancer
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues

Approaches Maria names

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Online support

How Maria’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the client feels understood and guided toward their own answers. It helps with low self-esteem, relationship concerns, and building trust in the therapy process. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete exercises to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful habits.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Maria treats the choice as collaborative and will try methods that fit the person's goals and preferences. Together they review what’s helping and adjust the plan as needed so sessions stay practical and relevant.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video lets people maintain face-to-face interaction, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging helps keep work moving between sessions. These options aim to make it simpler to connect consistently and keep momentum toward goals.

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Questions people ask

What issues does Maria commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, relationship and family concerns, parenting and intimacy-related issues among other life stresses.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Maria combines listening with practical strategies. Sessions focus on identifying patterns, building coping skills, and improving communication to support real change.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She brings 25 years of experience in social work and clinical practice, drawing on professional training and long-term clinical work with diverse concerns.

What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?

She is listed as LCSW and CSW and practices as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Colorado.

Which languages are supported and can she work with people outside the U.S.?

Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.

What session formats are available for remote work?

Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the client's needs.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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