About Livia
Livia Maria Nestianu uses an integrative counselling style that adapts to each person's needs. She combines approaches to meet practical problems like stress, anxiety and relationship concerns. Livia works in English and Romanian and is based in the United Kingdom with five years of experience and a BACP credential.
Her sessions focus on helping people talk through what is most pressing for them. She aims to create a calm space to explore feelings about grief, trauma, addiction, depression and mood conditions.
How Livia works
She also supports people dealing with career changes, compassion fatigue, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Livia draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients notice thoughts and move towards valued actions. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to identify patterns that keep problems going.
Attachment-Based ideas are used to understand relationship patterns and how early bonds affect present life. She also brings somatic work into sessions when bodies hold stress or trauma, and follows a client-centred stance to pace work around each person. This means sessions are shaped by what the client brings and what helps most in the moment.
People can expect practical steps alongside reflective conversation. Livia helps with problem solving, managing strong emotions, and building coping skills. Her approach suits those who want both talking therapy and exercises they can use between sessions.
To start, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability via the Start Therapy button.
Livia lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Livia works with
The areas below are the ones Livia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English, Romanian |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them, then act in line with what matters. Online sessions using ACT focus on values work, simple exercises and practical steps to try between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses short, practical exercises to change patterns; this fits well with video or text exchanges where worksheets and homework can be shared. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape patterns now and supports work on communication and boundaries that can be practised in day-to-day life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose which methods to try, and adapt as goals or needs change. That way sessions stay relevant and practical rather than fixed to a single technique.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and situations. Video allows face-to-face interaction for deeper conversational work. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Messaging and live chat suit people who prefer written reflection or want ongoing support between meetings. Registered or accredited professionals can use these options to make therapy more accessible and easier to fit into daily life.
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