MARIALMFT

About

Meet Maria Lloyd

Therapist, Animal lover, Friend, Human

My Story

I grew up as a highly sensitive person in a world that didn’t quite know what to do with my depth, intuition, or emotional attunement. I learned early to adapt, to shrink, and to make myself “easier” for others — even when it meant disconnecting from my own needs and inner wisdom.

 

Across my life, I experienced multiple layers of trauma that left me with complex PTSD, chronic self-doubt, and a nervous system stuck in survival mode. For 25 years — since the beginning of graduate school — I worked with therapists and coaches, searching for the right combination of support. It wasn’t until I realized I needed a truly tailored approach, one that honored my sensitivity, my attachment wounds, and the way my body held my history, that things finally began to shift.

 

As I healed in deeper layers, I began craving a different way of working — one that brought more lightness, possibility, and forward movement into my life and the lives of my clients. That led me to train as an Intuitive Life Coach in 2016, hoping to shift the focus from the past to what was possible. But as I continued working with therapy clients, I kept encountering the same truth: people couldn’t move forward because unresolved trauma kept pulling them back. As I went deeper into my own healing, I expanded my training in trauma modalities and began weaving therapy and coaching together in a way that mirrored my own transformation. Coaching became the bridge — the part of my healing that pulled me toward the future I wanted to create, while the trauma work helped me release what was blocking me from the past. My work with clients naturally evolved into this model as I was discovering my own path home to myself.

In 2022, guided by a deep openness to new treatments and modalities, I decided to try Ketamine‑Assisted Psychotherapy. It helped me access layers of healing in a way nothing else had. That experience opened a new chapter in my growth and inspired me to train in KAP and psychedelic integration so I could offer others the same depth of transformation.

 

Today, my work blends trauma‑informed therapy, coaching, somatic healing, and holistic practices — a multidimensional approach shaped by both my professional training and my lived experience. It’s the approach I needed when I was trying to piece myself back together, and the one that finally helped me return to myself and create a life I’m genuinely excited to wake up to every morning.

 

And then something shifted. 

My nervous system rewired.

My intuition sharpened.

My voice returned.

My power anchored.

My purpose crystallized.

I became the woman I needed when I was breaking.

Now I help others rise from the ashes of trauma into lives rooted in truth, intuition, and abundance.

A Life Rebuilt. A Purpose Claimed. A Calling Lived.

Professional Bio

Maria is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Intuitive Coach specializing in recovery from narcissistic abuse, complex trauma, and nervous system dysregulation. Her integrative approach blends somatic work, parts work, hypnotherapy, bilateral tapping, and psychedelic integration to support deep emotional repair and lasting transformation.


She is the creator of The ALIGN Method™, a holistic therapeutic model for trauma healing, and Sensitive Women Rising™, a 10‑week transformational coaching program for women rebuilding after narcissistic abuse.

 

Maria’s  work is known for its depth, attunement, and capacity to transform profound emotional experiences into aligned action, helping women reclaim their power and create lives that feel true and fulfilling

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My Philosophy

Healing is not about “fixing” you. 

It is the sacred work of returning you to yourself. My work is to meet you with depth and presence, holding a grounded space where your own inner wisdom can rise and lead your healing.

I believe:

  • Sensitivity is a profound gift when it’s embraced and your life is shaped to support it.
  • The nervous system is the doorway to lasting transformation.
  • True trauma healing is relational, somatic, and anchored in addressing root causes.
  • Psychedelic experiences can open deep insight, but their real power emerges through grounded, intentional integration.
  • Women healing from narcissistic abuse deserve depth, safety, and hope for what’s ahead.
  • Reinvention is possible at any age, in any season.
  • You are not broken — you are becoming who you were always meant to be.

My Mission

To help people rise from trauma into lives of peace, power, and purpose — and to guide women out of the shadows of narcissistic abuse into their most sovereign, aligned selves.  

Training & Credentials

Licenses & Core Certifications

Signature Programs

Advanced Training & Specialized Modalities