
Maria Pietruszka
Counselor, LMHC, CASAC-T (she, her)


Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $150
- Couple Sessions $350
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by American Express, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa
Insurance
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Fidelis
- Out of Network

Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of New York / 009667-01
- In Practice for 6 Years
- Attended Long Island University Brooklyn , Masters of Science in Mental Health Counseling, Graduated 2017
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Women's Issues
- Substance Use
- Anxiety
Expertise
- Addiction
- Anger Management
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dual Diagnosis
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
15 Endorsements
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Types of Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Feminist
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- Person-Centered
- Positive Psychology
- Reality Therapy
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Groups
Adolescent: Mentalization-Based Treatment

This group focuses on the mental processes that occur from various emotional states regarding others and the self. We explore the depressive, anxiety, overwhelming, and other feelings that disrupt our ability to interact with our own and others’ thoughts and feelings. This process allows for the growth in personal identity, family dynamics, school achievement, peer connections, and more. We encourage a flexible yet firm approach to understand our minds through various expressive techniques, both verbal and playful.
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Collaborative
New York, NY 10001
Mentalization-Based Treatment for Adults

Through our interactions with others, we experience different interpersonal connections, which can be harmful or positive. Varied emotional states can disrupt mental processing and create potential for misinterpreting information. These miscommunications hinder our ability to maintain relationships, foster deeper connections, and limit our identity and growth. We utilize group dynamics to explicitly discuss our emotional and cognitive processes, allowing the group members to take a curious stance to understand encounters flexibly.
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Collaborative
New York, NY 10001
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