Maritza Mata, LPC, LMFT

Licensed Professional Counselor (she/her)

Hi, I’m Maritza, LPC, LMFT. Making the decision to start your mental healing journey can be intimidating and overwhelming. I thank you for considering me to take part in this process, as your therapist. The information on this page will tell you more about me and help you make your decision.

  • Work best with: LGBTQ+ Community, BIPOC, Women
  • Manage Medications: Provides therapy and collaborates closely with our psychiatry team for medication management, available through internal referral if needed.
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I am person-centered, so I am not directing a patient in what we must discuss in sessions. I ask direct questions and challenge cognitive fallacies through the use of CBT, but I always conceptualize a patient’s case through a systemic lens. I address issues based on modalities that fit their needs/strengths so that I may facilitate their change. I offer much psychoeducation and love to discuss research for the patient to understand my advice vs them trusting it blindly because I’m their therapist.

During intake sessions, I do most of my direct questioning, so that it can help me understand as I try and conceptualize their case with the knowledge and training I have. I am very prone to asking about support systems, creating a genogram, asking about special interests, concerns that they would like to address. 

At the end, my patients, both short and long-terms ones, have always described feeling seen, heard, and nurtured in their journey. They often express feeling genuinely cared for, respected, and empowered to continue to practice their skills and newfound awareness/growth. They often leave and express gratitude for the education they also take with them, like being able to understand and identify unhealthy behaviors and need for boundaries.

I have often received feedback with patients who point out my kindness and humanity with the care I show them. I truly feel and care to have each patient know that they are in a safe space, and that I am not here to ever judge them. I tend to use analogies and metaphors to compare concepts that may feel too complex to see, so I attempt to simplify them by reducing these “situations” to something less complicated. I know my humor is also often a part of what patients have noted and appreciated during my time with them. I am professional with my time and recognize and respect that each person’s story deserves proper space.

Credentials

Education

Master of Arts in Marriage, Couples, and Family Counseling, Sam Houston State University, 2020

Personal Interests

I seriously enjoy being in the water, but have been too afraid to learn to swim as an adult, which does concern me but does not stop me from always making time to be in the pool or any form of body of water. Fun fact, maybe cool and not so fun but definitely rare, I have had one of my eyes fully reconstructed after trauma from a car accident. I have lived in two countries and deeply enjoy traveling. I love the taste of strong coffee, typically a Vietnamese one from The Teahouse, and I believe talking in memes and vocal stims can be identified as one of my love languages.

In-network

Insurance Accepted

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Employers Health Network
  • Aetna
  • Sana Benefits
  • UnitedHealthcare/Optum
  • Cigna/Evernorth
  • Curative

Specialties and Expertise

Top Specialities

CPTSD, Life Transitions, Depression, Anxiety

Expertise

  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Trauma or Insecurity
  • Boundaries / Assertiveness
  • Childhood Abuse or Neglect
  • Codependency
  • Cultural Identity / Acculturation Stress
  • Depression
  • Divorce / Breakup
  • Family Conflict
  • Gender Identity (LGBTQ)
  • Infidelity / Cheating
  • Loss or Grief
  • Marital Conflict / Partner Conflict
  • OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
  • Open Relationship / Polyamory
  • Personal Growth
  • Racial Identity
  • Racial Trauma
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Identity (LGBTQ)
  • Shame
  • Spiritual Growth
  • Substance Use
  • Trauma / PTSD
  • Women's Issues

Treatment Approach

Types of Therapy

  • Adlerian
  • Attachment-based
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Compassion Focused
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Eclectic
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT)
  • Faith-Based Counseling
  • Feminist
  • Gottman Method
  • Humanistic
  • Multicultural
  • Person-Centered (Rogerian)
  • Psychodynamic
  • Sand Tray Therapy
  • Structural Family Therapy

Client Focus

  • Age Groups Served: 14 - 65+
  • Services Type: Individual Therapy, Child or Teen Therapy, Family Therapy, Relationship Therapy (Cash Pay)
  • Languages Spoken: English, Spanish

I am open to patients asking and challenging me, trusting that they are the experts of what they have experienced and feel, so that I can empower them and help them trust themselves.