MARIA GREGORIO, LCSW, MFA Psychotherapist, consultant & writer with expertise in trauma, wellness & healing. I offer individual therapy, consultations, mentoring and editing services by appointment. Contact me to find out what service can meet your needs.
Background I am Filipino American, born in Manila, Philippines and raised in the U.S. I have been a resident of Brooklyn & Queens for most of my life, and currently live outside of Philadelphia.
Writing See links to my poetry here. See links to my fiction & nonfiction here.
Other honors > Honorable mention 2025 Miami Book Fair Emerging Writer Fellowships Award for Fiction
> Finalist 2021 Award for New Poetry, Frontier Poetry
> Alumna of VONA VOICES 2015, Fiction, Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation
Education M.F.A. in Creative Writing [The City College of NY] M.S. in Social Work [Columbia University] B.A. in Psychology [Rutgers University]
Professional Experience I have worked with non-profits for more than two decades in New York City and London as a clinical social worker, therapist and service manager. I specialize in childhood and complex trauma (also known as CPTSD). I have worked with children, youth and adults with depression, anxiety and other kinds of trauma.
For more information about organizations I have worked for, check out my LinkedIn profile.
At the rooftop of New York Public Library, May 2023
My approach I offer non-judgmental, short-term mental health therapy & consultation for individuals struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and other life stressors. I help people develop confidence, identify strategies for coping & attain inner strength. My practice is founded on intersectionality, psychodynamic & cognitive-behavioral models of therapeutic treatments. My expertise is based on professional & personal experience with healing from physical, medical & emotional traumatic injuries.
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No matter where you are in life, whatever the trials, there is a season you can bloom like the glorious cherry blossom.
MARIA GREGORIO 