Maria Farraye-Biggs , LCSW

Maria Farraye-Biggs is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New Jersey with 30 years of experience across diverse clinical settings, including the management of a private practice. She has supported clients of different ages and backgrounds through concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, ADHD, acculturation and assimilation issues, adjustment and life transitions, and many other emotional and relational struggles. Maria combines professional expertise with lived experience, having been in therapy herself and having navigated medical challenges, the dynamics of being a first-generation American born to immigrant parents, and the complexities of parenting a child with ADHD.

Her work blends several evidence-based methods tailored to each person - including psychodynamic psychotherapy, client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, psychoeducation, and solution-focused techniques - with a strengths-based, integrated approach. She emphasizes building rapport and trust as the foundation for effective change, and approaches the therapeutic relationship as interactive, offering guidance and thoughtful challenge when appropriate.

Known for being caring, sensitive, authentic, reflective, and a compassionate listener, Maria aims to make therapy a genuine and respectful experience. She believes clients are the authors of their own stories and supports them in identifying goals, overcoming obstacles, and discovering personal strengths. She commends the decision to seek help and stands ready to assist those who are prepared to take the next step toward a better life.