Maria Pena Kumpf

Maria is a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor, Mental Health Facilitator, and Mindfulness Meditation Practitioner with a Masters in Clinical Psychology from University of Phoenix. She specializes in transitional life counseling, substance use disorders, mental and emotional dysregulations, prolonged grief counseling, family dysfunction, and sleep disorders. 

 

As a licensed chemical dependency counselor, Maria has worked with individuals and group environments with substance use disorders, primarily residential and IOP programs, for over 9 years.

Her passion is concentrated in promoting positive and holistic psychology through transitioning life counseling for emerging adults, reducing the risk of chemical dependency and increasing healthy entries into adulthood.

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She engages individuals of various ages using therapeutic processes supported by evidence-based approaches including cognitive behavioral therapy, CBT for insomnia, mindfulness mediation, art and life skills therapy, and cognitive processing therapies.