Maria Farraye-Biggs, LCSW

Maria Farraye-Biggs is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New Jersey with 30 years of clinical experience across multiple practice settings, including the management of a private practice. She has supported people of varied ages and cultural backgrounds through challenges such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting difficulties, ADHD, and major life transitions. Her work also addresses relationship and family concerns, grief, intimacy issues, self-esteem, career stresses, mood disorders, and a range of multicultural and women's issues.

Drawing on both professional training and personal experience, she understands the vulnerability and hope that accompany the choice to seek therapy. Having been in therapy herself and navigated medical challenges, the experience of being the American-born daughter of immigrant parents, and parenting a child with ADHD, she brings empathy and firsthand insight to the therapeutic relationship. Clients benefit from an integrated, strength-based approach that adapts to each person’s needs.

She uses an interactive, collaborative style grounded in client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, emotionally-focused techniques, psychodynamic thinking, and solution-focused methods. Maria is known for being caring, reflective, and authentic, guiding and challenging clients with respect and compassion. She emphasizes building rapport and trust as the foundation for change and supports clients in identifying goals and finding practical steps toward them.