Maria Grimshaw-Clark, LCSW

Maria Grimshaw-Clark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 34 years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples, and families. She helps people transform emotional pain into opportunities for growth by reducing anxiety and depression and addressing relationship challenges. Her work emphasizes replacing old coping patterns with more insightful, adaptive methods that foster new connections and healthier mindsets.

Throughout a career spanning more than three decades Maria has been present for many meaningful insight moments with clients. Her clinical background includes training in family mental health and Systems Theory alongside evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She also integrates mindfulness practices and Zen meditation into her work when appropriate, and draws on additional models such as Internal Family Systems to support deeper exploration of inner dynamics.

Maria focuses on a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, relationship and family issues, anger, self-esteem, and bipolar-related challenges. She also addresses attachment difficulties, blended family and caregiver stress, codependency, communication problems, infidelity, and midlife transitions. Maria practices from a client-centered perspective while using structured techniques when they best serve the client’s goals.

Maria is based in Virginia and conducts therapy in English. She is not accepting new clients at this time.