Are you ready to Thrive in a Frantic World?

Join me in virtual sessions designed to equip you with real-life skills and help you transition from merely surviving to truly thriving. With over 20 years of experience in mental health, therapy, and wellness I listen, guide, and provide game changing skills to help you become your best self.

Maureen O'Connell of BSVT

Can you relate to any of these?

Anxious spirals 

Worrying, overthinking, ruminating

Compulsive behaviors

Feeling the need to be perfect

Guilt, self doubt, & self-criticism

Not being able to love yourself

Unsure how to deal with or heal from a toxic relationship

Unable to stop patterns such as control, enabling, rescuing, people pleasing 

Not knowing how to handle panic attacks

Feeling controlled by painful memories and past experiences

Fear over germs, getting an illness and/or needing order and control

Avoiding places or situations out of fear

Delayed decisions

Wanting a healthy mind and relationships with good boundaries and communication

I understand the effects of trauma, prolonged anxiety, and toxic relationships. Anxiety can take over and paralyze you. Trauma comes in many forms and can compound over time.

After 20+ years as a therapist, 17+ years as a mom of four, and a sufferer of anxiety and childhood pain myself, I know how hard it is to be healthy, happy and live in peace.

But healing is possible.

My therapy combines personalized care with expert guidance to help you get to the root cause of issues you can’t resolve on your own. I will help you understand why you keep repeating unhealthy patterns, find healing at the root, and finally go beyond the anxiety loop keeping you from being your best self.

My specialty is helping people take their mind and relationships to another level of health. I help people heal and teach essential game-changers developed from my carefully crafted program, “Your Best Self” on how to Iive the “art of peace and calm.”

The core skills I teach will help you understand your wandering anxious mind, replace worry and rumination with the ability to pause, have present-moment focus, gain a new, healthy relationship with your thoughts and feelings, replace draining anxiety patterns with the gifts of curiosity and creativity, and replace self-criticism with self-compassion and confidence.

Being well and living the art of peace and calm will enable you to thrive, not just survive.

I would love to help you in becoming your healthiest best self to live your best life.

Tired of therapy that doesn’t work?

These feelings and experiences are more common than you may think.

Many people face:

Intrusive Thoughts, & Excessive Worry

Difficulty Concentrating & Sleep Issues

Overwhelming Stress from Relationships or Work

Traumatic Flashbacks & Depressive Episodes

It’s Your Journey

If you’re tired of not seeing real results in therapy,  Best Self Virtual Therapy is the place for you. I’m here to listen, to learn, and to help you grow by providing you with practical skills so you can become your own best therapist.

OCD, Anxiety, Panic

Learn to overcome OCD, Anxiety, Panic, Impostor Syndrome and perfectionism—while navigating stress and preventing burnout with techniques research has shown to be most effective.

Trauma & PTSD

Receive compassionate support to learn how to get past old trauma(s) and build resilience with specialized therapeutic approaches.
Reclaim control over your life, fostering healing and growth at your own pace.

Toxic Relationships & Emotional Abuse

Gain practical tools to recognize harmful patterns, set healthy boundaries, and build fulfilling relationships. With these skills, you’ll be better equipped to create lasting, positive changes in your personal and social life.

Addictions

If you struggle with sex and/or work addictions, learn self-awareness, develop behavioral change strategies, and adopt healthier coping mechanisms to break free from destructive habits and build a more balanced, fulfilling life.

General Depression & Post-Partum

Experience a safe space to explore your feelings, alleviate depressive symptoms, and improve well-being. With compassionate support and evidence-based techniques, you’ll be empowered to build resilience and foster renewed hope and purpose.

ADHD

As an adult with ADHD, you can develop strategies to improve focus, manage tasks, and enhance your quality of life. Tailored techniques will help you gain control over routines, reduce distractions, and boost productivity, leading to a more balanced and fulfilling life.

“Therapy is a gift. It is a chance to finally be heard, understood, and supported. ” Bessel van der Kolk

Therapy truly is a gift that everyone can benefit from. We all need to be heard, understood, and supported. Sometimes, you reach a point where life becomes overwhelming, and your thoughts and ideas aren’t helping you thrive.

It takes courage to admit you need help. Congratulations on getting here.

You are worthy of this gift.

Expert Care
Compassionate Approach
Evidence-Based Strategies
Personal Growth
Convenient Virtual Sessions

Best Self Virtual Therapy is for Everyone.

At Best Self Virtual Therapy, mental health care is accessible and inclusive. I provide a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental environment for adults of every age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and background.

Testimonials

“Working with Maureen was a gift. She has tremendous expertise, insight, and a special talent for seeing right to the heart of the matter. She helped me understand myself, my history, my family, and my implicit assumptions about the world. She was both professional and courteous as she challenged me on things I needed to change and cheered me on as I made progress. I highly recommend working with her!”

“I met Maureen at the lowest point of my life. When I saw her picture in her bio, my first impression was, ‘she looks like someone who knows what it means to suffer and come out the other side.’ I was right. I came to her feeling totally out of control of my own thoughts and life, but she wasn’t afraid like I was. And that calmed me. Therapy wasn’t a cure-all but it was most definitely the turning point that changed my trajectory.”