Maria Grimshaw-Clark , LCSW

Maria Grimshaw-Clark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 34 years of experience helping individuals, couples, and families turn emotional pain into opportunities for growth. She works directly to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, address relationship challenges, and support clients through grief, trauma, and life transitions. Her practice emphasizes replacing old coping patterns with more adaptive skills and creating new connections and mindsets that support lasting change.

Grimshaw-Clark's approach is informed by extensive training in family mental health and Systems Theory, along with evidence-based methods including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She also integrates mindfulness practices and Zen meditation into her work when appropriate, drawing on these tools to help clients build present-moment awareness and emotional regulation. Over three decades of practice, she has supported many meaningful breakthroughs and practical shifts in clients' lives.

Based in Virginia, Maria brings a calm, collaborative presence to sessions and adapts her methods to each person's needs, whether the focus is on relationships, trauma and abuse, stress and anxiety, or life-stage concerns such as midlife transitions and caregiving stress.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Maria Grimshaw-Clark draws from client-centered therapy to create a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the client's goals and perspective guide each session. This approach emphasizes empathy and collaboration and is helpful for clients working through relationship concerns, self-esteem issues, and life transitions.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a structured method that helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and develop practical strategies to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT is useful for managing mood symptoms and improving daily functioning.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is another tool in her repertoire, offering skills-focused techniques for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. DBT can be particularly helpful for intense emotions, relationship conflicts, and patterns of impulsive behavior.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Maria works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors interventions over time so therapy remains responsive and practical.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which increase flexibility for scheduling and make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. These formats allow licensed professionals and therapists to provide consistent, accessible care across a range of concerns while adapting style and pacing to each client's comfort and circumstances.