Trauma Psychologist
About Dr. Mariya
I’m Dr. Mariya, a trauma psychologist for high-functioning individuals who look put together on the outside but feel exhausted, lonely, over-responsible, or confused underneath.
I help women understand how trauma, childhood emotional neglect, overfunctioning, relationship patterns, and nervous system stress shape the way they live, love, and relate to themselves.
My work is especially for people who are tired of surviving by pushing through, needing less, or holding everything together alone. Therapy with me is a place to understand those patterns with more compassion, reconnect with your body, and move toward greater self-trust.
Professional Journey
I’m a licensed psychologist based in Florida, and my work focuses on trauma, emotional neglect, relationships, overfunctioning, attachment patterns, and nervous system healing.
Over time, I found myself drawn again and again to women who were outwardly successful, responsible, and capable, but internally carrying exhaustion, shame, relationship confusion, and a deep sense of emotional loneliness.
That led me to build a practice centered on high-functioning women and the hidden survival patterns many of them carry: overfunctioning, self-abandonment, shame around needs, difficulty resting, and difficulty trusting what they feel.
My clinical work is grounded in trauma-informed therapy, attachment, parts-informed work, psychodynamic understanding, and nervous system awareness. I help women make sense of patterns that once protected them so they can stop living only from survival and begin living with more clarity, safety, and connection.
Therapeutic Approach
My therapeutic approach is warm, trauma-informed, relational, and grounded in the nervous system.
I do not only look at symptoms. I look at what those symptoms mean, what they protect, and what your body may be trying to communicate.
In therapy, I help you slow down and understand:
• how trauma and emotional neglect shaped your inner world
• how overfunctioning and self-abandonment became protective
• how your body responds in relationships
• how shame, anxiety, and confusion often make sense in context
• how to rebuild self-trust in a more embodied way
My work integrates trauma therapy, attachment, parts-informed work, and nervous system healing to help women understand themselves more deeply and respond to themselves with more compassion.
Therapy with me is not about becoming someone else. It is about understanding why you adapted the way you did, what your body has been carrying, and how to begin relating to yourself with more honesty, steadiness, and care.
Areas of Expertise
- I work with high-functioning individuals who are struggling with:
- Trauma and complex trauma: including the long-term effects of emotional neglect, relational wounds, inconsistency, and survival adaptations
- Childhood emotional neglect: especially when nothing looked obviously wrong from the outside, but you still grew up feeling emotionally alone
- Overfunctioning and burnout: for women who carry too much, stay useful, and push through at the expense of their body and emotional needs
- Relationships and attachment: including mixed signals, self-doubt, fear of being too much, relationship anxiety, and difficulty receiving steady love
- Nervous system stress: including exhaustion, shutdown, overthinking, irritability, tension, difficulty resting, and body-based signs that something feels off
- Shame and self-abandonment: especially when shame forms around needs, emotions, past life stages, or the patterns that once helped you survive
- Self-trust and embodiment: for women who want to reconnect with their body, trust their instincts, and move from survival into a more grounded life