Overthinking often feels like an attempt to find certainty, prevent mistakes, or stay one step ahead of what could go wrong. Therapy can help you understand what drives that pattern, recognize when it’s happening, and develop ways to respond to uncertainty and anxiety without getting pulled into the same mental loops.

People-pleasing can develop as a way to maintain connection, avoid conflict, feel accepted, or protect yourself in relationships. Therapy can help you understand where that pattern came from while practicing boundaries, communication, and self-trust that make it easier to consider your own needs, too.

Setting a boundary is one thing; tolerating the feelings that come afterward can be much harder. Therapy can help you explore why saying no feels uncomfortable, identify the beliefs or relationship patterns underneath the guilt, and practice setting boundaries while managing the emotions they bring up.

Yes. Past trauma can continue to influence your emotions, relationships, sense of safety, self-esteem, and responses to stress long after an experience has ended. Trauma-informed therapy can help you understand those connections and work through them with greater compassion rather than judging yourself for still being affected.

Our early relationships can shape what we learn about closeness, trust, conflict, safety, and having needs. Attachment-informed therapy can help you recognize how those early experiences may be showing up in adult relationships and begin developing patterns that feel healthier and more secure.

Insight is important, but understanding a pattern intellectually doesn’t automatically change the emotional response underneath it. Therapy can move beyond simply identifying why something happens and help you practice responding differently when those patterns appear in real life.

There isn’t one approach that works for everyone. Maris uses a relational, trauma-informed and attachment-informed approach and integrates methods including CBT, IFS and parts work, compassion-focused, psychodynamic, person-centered, feminist, strength-based, and trauma-focused therapy based on each client’s needs.

Relational therapy recognizes that relationships- including the therapeutic relationship itself- can play an important role in healing. Maris prioritizes trust, collaboration, authenticity, and understanding rather than approaching therapy as an expert simply telling you what to do.

Yes. Emotional triggers can sometimes make more sense when you understand the experiences, beliefs, attachment patterns, and protective responses underneath them. Therapy creates space to explore those connections while developing ways to feel more grounded when difficult emotions arise.

Therapy can help you notice the experiences and messages that have shaped the way you see yourself, including patterns of self-criticism, comparison, perfectionism, or prioritizing other people’s opinions. Over time, the goal is to develop a more compassionate relationship with yourself and greater confidence in your own needs, feelings, and decisions.

Early sessions are about understanding what brings you to therapy now and gathering a fuller picture of your experiences, relationships, concerns, strengths, and goals. Maris works collaboratively with clients to establish treatment goals and determine what would feel most useful to focus on moving forward.

Maris is in network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare and several additional plans. Coverage and copays vary by individual insurance plan, so your specific behavioral health benefits should be verified with your insurer.

Maris’s private-pay fee is $130 per individual therapy session. She also accepts several major insurance plans for eligible clients in Illinois and Iowa.

You can begin by scheduling a free 15-minute consultation. This gives you a chance to briefly share what you’re looking for, ask questions about therapy, and see whether Maris feels like the right therapist for you before scheduling your first appointment.