Dr. Mariam Sophia Faris, NY Psychologist

New York · 10 years in practice

Dr. Mariam Sophia Faris helps people facing relationship and intimacy struggles, low self-esteem, stress, anxiety, and major life changes.

License and registration

Psychologist, New York: 026905 · expires October 2027
NPI: 1922823988 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 10
Languages: English, Spanish

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Mariam

Dr. Mariam Sophia Faris helps people facing relationship and intimacy struggles, low self-esteem, stress, anxiety, and major life changes. She works with clients who feel stuck after loss, are rethinking commitments, or who want clearer communication in close relationships.

Dr. Faris writes simply and directly to make reaching out feel easier for a worried parent reading on a phone. Dr.

Faris has ten years of clinical experience as a New York psychologist.

Background and approach

She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) alongside practical skills from cognitive and behavioral approaches. Sessions focus on identifying feelings, naming patterns, and trying small changes between meetings. Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative.

She listens first and helps people connect what they feel with what they do. Work in therapy often includes checking patterns from family of origin or past losses that still shape today. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and client-centered methods when they fit a person's goals.

Those tools add ways to tolerate hard feelings, shift unhelpful thoughts, and build clearer values-based action. Dr. Faris conducts sessions in English and Spanish from her New York practice.

Her credential is NY Psychologist 026905, and she has supported clients over the course of a decade. Getting started is a simple matching and scheduling process through the site.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Mariam lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Relationship issues
Intimacy-related issues
Self esteem
Coping with life changes
Stress, Anxiety
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Blended family issues
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Immigration issues
Infidelity
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Personality disorders
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues

Approaches Mariam names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on emotions in close relationships. It helps people notice deeper feelings behind arguments or withdrawal and practices new ways to respond. EFT can be useful for improving intimacy and communication by creating clearer emotional connection.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people accept difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying personal values. It uses simple exercises to build small, values-based steps toward a more meaningful life. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience and moves at their pace, offering empathy and nonjudgmental listening to help people find their own solutions.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. If something feels off, they will adjust the plan together to find what helps most.

Online sessions can be done by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and reading nonverbal cues, while phone calls need less bandwidth and can be easier when a shorter check-in is best. Live chat and text work well for quick reflections, journaling between sessions, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when schedules change.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she address?

She supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy struggles, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include attachment issues, abandonment, and communication problems.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. She listens first, helps name feelings and patterns, and works with clients to try small, concrete changes between sessions.

What is her clinical background?

She has ten years of clinical experience working with adults on relationship concerns, stress, anxiety, and self-esteem. That decade of practice shapes a practical, experienced outlook.

Where is she licensed and based?

She practices in New York and holds the credential NY Psychologist 026905.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.

What session formats are available?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin therapy with her?

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