Anastasia Maravelias-Kakos

Anastasia Maravelias-Kakos is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 22 years of experience in New Jersey. She has worked in private practice, schools, and community settings. Her experience includes helping people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and low self-esteem.

She uses a warm, client-centered, and interactive style. Sessions focus on practical conversation and straightforward tools. Anastasia aims to tailor discussions and plans to each person’s circumstances and goals.

Her clinical work draws on cognitive-behavioral methods, rational-emotive techniques, and humanistic therapy. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, challenge beliefs that get in the way, and focus on personal values and choice. These approaches are often applied to coping with life changes and panic symptoms.

She also pays attention to caregiver stress, communication problems, feelings of isolation, and issues that arise during divorce and separation. Anastasia supports people working through everyday struggles like motivation, confidence, and interpersonal tension.

Meetings are conversational and collaborative. Anastasia encourages gradual steps and practical coping strategies. She aims to empower people to build skills they can use between sessions and to make changes at their own pace.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online work

Her practice draws on cognitive-behavioral ideas and rational-emotive methods, which focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. These approaches teach concrete skills for managing panic, worry, and low mood. Humanistic therapy emphasizes listening, respect, and building on a person's strengths to support motivation and meaning.

Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that match their goals and day-to-day concerns. That means trying different strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together as needed.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let a person continue care when routines change. Ask about the available session formats and scheduling when you start the matching process so you can pick what fits your life.