About Maria-Ann
Maria-Ann Bulley offers calm, practical support for people who feel stuck, overwhelmed or weighed down by life. She welcomes conversations about grief, stress, anxiety, depression and self-esteem. She also helps with issues tied to relationships, intimacy, work stress and the impacts of trauma and abuse.
Her sessions aim to be straightforward and respectful. Maria-Ann listens first and helps people name their priorities. She then works with them to try out small, manageable steps that can reduce distress and restore more day-to-day balance.
How Maria-Ann works
Maria-Ann has 22 years of experience and holds NCPS, which is shown as NCPS in her credentials. Over her career she has supported people dealing with adoption and foster care questions, caregiving strain, chronic illness and pain, and fertility or fatherhood concerns. She also addresses communication and commitment problems, divorce or separation, and issues arising from domestic violence.
Her practice blends person-focused listening with practical techniques. She uses Client-Centred Therapy to build a trusting space, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to look at patterns of thinking and behaviour, and Solution-Focused Therapy to identify actionable steps. Sessions are designed to be collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
Maria-Ann provides help in English and sees people from the United Kingdom and internationally. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and circumstances.
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What Maria-Ann works with
The areas below are the ones Maria-Ann selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that work well online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. It gives people space to talk at their own pace and helps build trust, which can make discussing trauma, grief or relationship worries easier.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviours interact. It uses practical exercises and small tasks to reduce anxiety, lift mood and improve sleep or stress management.
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on what someone wants to change and the steps to get there. It is brief and action-orientated, which can suit people wanting clear goals and quick, practical progress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss needs, goals and preferences and will adapt methods together with the person. This collaborative process helps pick tools that fit the situation rather than forcing a single method.
Online sessions offer flexibility and easier scheduling. Video calls let visual cues guide the conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a short break, and text or live chat allow ongoing reflection between booked appointments. These options make it simpler to keep therapy going around work, caregiving duties or travel.
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A practical next step
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