About Ana-Maria
Ana-Maria Anica is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of clinical experience. She holds BACP accreditation, which she carries into her practice while helping people navigate anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and life transitions. Ana-Maria speaks English and Romanian and offers sessions to international clients.
She uses an integrative approach that combines several therapies to match each person's needs. In sessions she breaks problems into manageable parts and works with clients to build practical skills they can use between meetings.
How Ana-Maria works
She can support people facing grief, trauma, addiction, eating and sleeping concerns, and issues with self-esteem or stress. Ana-Maria also focuses on relationship and intimacy-related concerns, parenting strain, and communication or commitment issues. Other areas she addresses include burnout and compassion fatigue, ADHD, bipolar, and the emotional impact of illness or caregiving.
Her work includes attention to attachment and abandonment themes as they come up. Her style is warm and non-judgemental. She aims to create a calm space where people can speak at their own pace.
Sessions balance talking through feelings with developing practical steps to move forward. Clients can expect a straightforward, empathetic approach that adapts to their current needs. Ana-Maria helps people set realistic goals and find clearer ways to cope with change and difficult emotions.
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What Ana-Maria works with
The areas below are the ones Ana-Maria selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English, Romanian |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Ana-Maria uses therapy approaches online
Ana-Maria draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. ACT supports values-based actions and is useful for anxiety, stress and life changes.She also uses Client-Centred Therapy which focuses on listening carefully and reflecting back what someone is experiencing. This approach helps people feel heard while they explore self-esteem, grief or relationship concerns.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Ana-Maria will discuss options with each person and tailor methods to their needs, goals and preferences so the sessions feel helpful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video suits longer, conversational work while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging can be useful for short check-ins, brief coaching or if someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work and family commitments.
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