Meet Maria Elena. Your trusted confidant, guide and resource to help you level-up your life, and understand how to break through limiting patterns that hold you back from reaching your goals.

Maria Elena Garcia, MA, LPC, CPC, NCC

Licensed Board-Certified Therapist

The Heart of the Work: What Colleagues & Mentors Say About Maria Elena

  • “Maria Elena’s genuine care and concern for people shines through in her way of being present with them. She is able to create a space that feels safe to clients, so that they can find support in a meaningful and effective way.”

    Leslie C. McAllan, Ph.D., NCC, Psychologist, Professor, Naropa University, The Graduate School of Psychology

  • "I witnessed firsthand Maria Elena's excellent performance in serving asylum seekers. Her enthusiasm, and natural sense of empathy make her outstanding, caring, and capable of performing under the most difficult circumstances. Maria Elena made sure that the women and the children that lived in different shelters throughout the city received the best possible social services and care."

    Sergio Saenz-Rivera, Ph.D., Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center

  • “Maria Elena is, without question, one of the most brilliant students I have had the pleasure of teaching during my career as an educator and clinician. Her ability to be both directive and mindful of the need to work with manifest content, strong affect, and somatic experiencing therapeutically make her very effective in negotiating interpersonal and intrapersonal conflict.”

    Valerie A. Lemon, LPC, Psychotherapist

  • "Maria Elena has overcome adversity to get to where she is today and she has used the challenges in her life to guide her journey. She has devoted her attention to learning how to help communities that are underserved in mental health."

    Leslie C. McAllan, Ph.D., NCC, Psychologist, Core Associate Professor, Transpersonal Counseling Psychology Program

Transform Yourself, Transform the World

Nurture Your Mind + Body, Change Your Life

You’ve worked hard to achieve success, but you may still feel stuck, stressed, or disconnected beneath the surface. Traditional therapy often focuses on discussing problems and exploring feelings. While conversation is valuable, it can sometimes stop short of helping you understand why you think, feel, and react the way you do-or how to create real, lasting change.

What Makes Wisdom Within Therapy Different?

Science-Informed Change: You’ll learn how therapy can actually rewire your brain’s pathways, not just manage symptoms. This empowers you to break old patterns and build new, healthier ones.

Practical Tools, Not Just Talk: We use experiential exercises and strategies grounded in neuroscience, so you gain skills you can use in daily life-not just insights in the therapy room.

Personalized Roadmap: By understanding your unique brain patterns, we tailor your therapy for maximum impact, helping you move toward what matters most to you.

Empowerment Through Understanding: When you recognize the science behind your experiences, self-blame is replaced by self-compassion and a sense of agency.

Experience the Difference

My neuroscience-informed approach is designed to help you:

• Befriend your inner critic and transform self-judgment into insight

• Learn practical ways to notice, understand, and shift your stress response

• Build new pathways for resilience, emotional regulation, and authentic connection

• Feel more at ease, present, and empowered in your everyday life

Ready for Real Change?

If you’re ready to move beyond high performance with hidden pain and want a therapy experience that’s grounded in science and tailored to you, I invite you to take the next step.

Begin With a Complimentary 15-minute Call

Let’s discuss your goals and see if we’re the right fit. If together we determine that a different therapeutic approach or level of care would best support your well-being, I’ll recommend the right resources for you.

Therapy in the comfort of your home

Wisdom Within Psychology offers a discreet, premium virtual experience. Sessions are held in a secure, HIPAA-compliant space, so you can relax and be yourself, wherever you are. Every appointment is thoughtfully tailored to your needs, ensuring you feel supported, understood, and empowered. Let therapy be a sanctuary-where you can grow, heal, and look forward to each session with confidence.

Services

  • Therapy

  • Professional Consultation

  • Private Practice Coaching

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