About Maaria
Maaria Aksar is a person-centred counsellor who emphasises empathy and respect. She works in a calm, accepting way so people can feel heard and begin to make sense of difficult feelings. Her approach aims to meet someone where they are and to be patient with their process.
She draws on Client-Centred Therapy alongside Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to tailor sessions. That mix lets her listen first, then introduce practical ways to manage thoughts and small steps to move forward.
How Maaria works
Sessions are conversational and focused on the client’s priorities. Common areas she helps with include stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, grief, anger and career concerns. She also supports people facing compassion fatigue, depression and the challenge of life changes.
Additional focus areas include blended family tensions, body image, caregiver stress, codependency and communication problems. Maaria has five years of experience in mental health settings. She uses that experience to offer straightforward tools alongside reflective listening.
People can expect a warm, interactive style that combines honesty with kindness. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. Her registration is with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP.
To begin, people choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
Maaria lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Maaria works with
The areas below are the ones Maaria selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Practical therapeutic approaches for online counselling
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on acceptance and empathetic listening. The counsellor follows the person’s lead, offering understanding rather than judgement, which helps when someone feels overwhelmed or unsure what to say.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behaviour. It uses simple tools to test unhelpful thinking and develop more helpful strategies for anxiety, low mood or stress.
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, achievable steps and on what a person wants to change. It can be useful for people who prefer brief, goal-directed work and practical progress.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then try methods that match the person’s needs in a collaborative way.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed; live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer writing or need ongoing shorter support. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while still using the same approaches described above.
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