- Anger management
- Addictions support
- Grief and loss
About Maura
Maura Skehan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in Florida with eight years of experience. She focuses on real problems people bring in day to day life, including anger, addictions, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. Maura uses plain conversation and practical steps to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of responding.
She supports people who are navigating loss, major transitions, and the fallout from relationship splits. She also helps those dealing with caregiver stress, guilt or shame, and broader mood concerns. Her work includes talking through how past experiences affect present feelings and behaviors.
Maura draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and a strengths-oriented, person-centered approach. That means she looks for existing skills a person already has, then builds on them with straightforward tools and small experiments to try between sessions. Sessions are described in an open, nonjudgmental style and focus on what a person wants to change.
In practical terms she helps people rebuild routines, set boundaries, and practice new responses to anger and frustration. She also guides steps for processing grief, reducing substance-related harms, and managing low mood. The emphasis is on clear, doable strategies rather than abstract theory.
Starting therapy with Maura involves a short intake to identify goals and preferred ways of working. She encourages clients to take gradual steps and to review progress together as they go.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online sessions
Maura works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques and a person-centered stance. Two common approaches she uses are behavioral-based strategies that focus on changing patterns of action and emotion regulation skills that teach ways to notice and slow down impulses. Behavioral strategies may involve breaking problems into steps and testing new responses. Emotion regulation work teaches simple practices to reduce reactive responses and manage strong feelings like anger or grief.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. She will review a person’s goals, current struggles, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust them as progress is reviewed so the plan fits the person’s needs and preferences.
Because the biography does not list session formats, confirm the available online options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy routines, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time so people can schedule sessions around work or caregiving duties. Licensed professionals can still use the same practical exercises, homework, and skill practice in virtual appointments as they do in person, while adapting pacing and tools to what works best for each client.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Maura help with?
She works with anger, addictions, grief, depression, and coping with life changes, plus caregiver stress, divorce and separation, forgiveness, guilt and shame, mood disorders, and self-love.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a person-centered, strengths-based approach and evidence-based techniques to create practical steps clients can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
Maura has eight years of clinical experience working with adults on emotional and behavioral concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Florida and practices in that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with clients outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the original biography does not specify formats.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.