Maria Brickley is a registered Psychology Associate in the state of Maryland, working under the supervision of licensed psychologist Dr. Mary Levinsohn-Klyap. Maria is also a Nationally Certified School Psychologist with many years of experience providing a wide range of services to meet her clients' needs in Anne Arundel County, Carroll County, Queen Anne’s County, Prince George's County and others throughout Maryland. Her advanced training focused on effective approaches to identifying and addressing a spectrum of challenges and she has helped countless families reach their goals.
From attention disorders, such as ADHD, executive function disorders, and anxiety disorders to Autism Spectrum Disorders, disruptive behaviors and social skills to depression and more, Maria Brickley has experience providing effective and appropriate treatments for a variety of needs. Maria offers comprehensive cognitive and behavioral counseling services using proven therapies to fit each client’s unique needs. She works with children, teens and adults throughout Anne Arundel County and the surrounding areas to find the right balance of social skills training, therapy and intervention to build solutions around the specific problems they face.
Individual counseling, as well as cognitive and behavioral therapy as well as executive functioning and social skills training often leads to better relationships, solutions to reoccurring issues, improved behaviors and significant reductions in feelings of distress. As a certified school psychologist with numerous years of experience, Maria's goal is to find the right approach that will accomplish these goals for each client.
Client Feedback
“Treatment with Maria has been invaluable! Our son is like his old self. Maria creates a welcoming environment, and our child felt safe and comfortable sharing openly. Maria does a fabulous job with communication and making sure parents are involved with the interventions as well!”
“Working with Maria has been fantastic! Our daughter is more open and communicative with both parents and feels so much better. She had struggled with the changing family situation and was having difficulties in school. Maria helped her to learn more about her thoughts and feelings and taught her tools and strategies that were easy to implement. These have helped our daughter in so many ways! We are forever thankful for Maria‘s calm and competent care.”
Helpful References and Tools
About Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The Beck Institute's "What is Cognitive Behavior Therapy?"
National Alliance on Mental Illness's Overview of Psychotherapy
Mayo Clinic on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
About Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
The National Alliance on Mental Illness's "Dialectical Behavior Therapy Fact Sheet"
The Linehan Institute's "Dialectical Behavior Therapy FAQs"
Child Mind’s “What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?”
About Trauma-Informed Care
The Center for Health Care Strategies “What is Trauma-Informed Care?”
Positive Psychology’s “Trauma-Informed Therapy Explained”
About Solution Focused Treatment
Positive Psychology’s “7 Solution-Focused Therapy Techniques and Worksheets”
Institute for Solution-Focused Therapy’s “What is Solution-Focused Therapy?”
About Social and Emotional Skill Development
Bullying fact sheet by Understood
Understood on "Social and Emotional Skills: What to Expect at Different Ages"
Understood on "Behavior Contracts: What You Need to Know"
International School Ho Chi Minh City’s “9 Ways to Teach Social Skills for Students”
Everyday Speech’s “Effective Strategies for Teaching Social Skills: Tips and Techniques”
About Self-Care and Mindfulness
American Psychological Association’s “Mindfulness Meditation”
Mayo Clinic’s “Mindfulness Exercises”
Mindful’s “A Guide to Practicing Self-Care with Mindfulness”
Behavior Modification and Interventions
University of Maryland’s Center for School Mental Health’s “Evidence-based, Best-practices Educational Interventions for Students who Have Emotional and/or Behavioral Problems”
National Center on Intensive Intervention’s “What Is an Evidence-Based Behavior Intervention? Choosing and Implementing Behavior Interventions That Work”
Center on Multi-Tiered System of Support’s “Behavior Intervention Tools Chart”
Parenting Resources
Psychology Today’s “5 Evidence-Based Ways to Practice Positive Parenting”
American Psychological Association’s “Parenting that works: Seven research-backed ways to improve parenting”
Help Guide’s “Co-Parenting and Joint Custody Tips for Divorced Parents”
Custody Change’s “Mindful Co-parenting Guide: Helping Children Cope with Divorce”
Maria is dedicated to helping individuals and families work through challenges, reach goals and maintain balance in their lives. She requires clients to provide payment at the time of care. She will work with clients on a case-by-case basis to set a payment plan to meet most financial needs.