Meet Maria Theresa Nieves
RMFTI
Teresa's Favorite Things
- Acting as a process consultant, helping clients access and walk into painful experiences, collaboratively processing this experience more fully (to paraphrase Sue Johnson).
- Creating a safe environment for and a collaborative alliance with clients
- Helping clients build safe and secure bonds in their relationships
- Promoting corrective emotional experiences
“I see therapy as a lifeline for self-discovery and growth. I respect what my clients bring in therapy and together we can work through it.”
Before therapy, Maria’s clients often say:
“My wife complains too much and blames me for everything. I can’t do anything right. Whatever I do is not enough for her.”
“My husband does not listen to what I am saying. He just ignores me and walks away. I feel alone.”
“I am failing as a parent. I can’t control my children. They are not listening to me.”
“I have social anxiety. It keeps me from making friends or have a better job.”
Maria enriches clients lives by:
- Creating connection and fostering individual growth
- Providing Emotionally Focused Therapy—an evidence-based therapeutic approach with high success rates—for individuals, couples and families.
- Focusing on emotions and attachment style
- Helping you experience what is happening in the moment in therapy.
My Credentials:
- Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern
- Prepare/Enrich Facilitator
- Trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy
- Master of Science in Counseling/Marriage and Family Therapy at Palm Beach Atlantic University