Maria Farraye-Biggs , LCSW

Maria Farraye-Biggs is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New Jersey with three decades of clinical experience across multiple settings, including private practice. As an LCSW she has advanced training in clinical social work and therapy, allowing her to work with individuals facing a wide range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, ADHD, relationship and family issues, grief, intimacy-related concerns, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.

Her additional focus includes work with autism and Asperger syndrome, communication and control issues, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD), divorce and separation, family of origin issues, life purpose and mood disorders, multicultural concerns, postpartum depression, prejudice and discrimination, seasonal affective disorder, self-love, women's issues, and workplace difficulties. Maria draws on an integrated, strength-based approach that combines client-centered techniques with cognitive behavioral, emotionally-focused, psychodynamic, and solution-focused methods depending on each person’s needs.

She brings both professional and personal perspectives to her work, having been in therapy herself and navigated medical challenges, the experience of being a first-generation American daughter of immigrant parents, and the demands of parenting a child with ADHD. Those experiences inform a compassionate, authentic, and reflective therapeutic style. Known for being caring and attentive, she emphasizes building rapport and trust, guiding and challenging clients in an interactive process that honors each person as the author of their own story.