About Maria
Maria Brassington is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with nine years of professional experience. She helps people who are feeling stressed or anxious, struggling with low self esteem or motivation, managing depression, or coping with major life changes. Maria aims to make the first step easier for anyone thinking about therapy.
She treats people with respect, sensitivity and compassion. Conversations are adapted to each person's needs so sessions feel relevant and straightforward rather than full of jargon.
How Maria works
Maria works with practical goals so people leave sessions with clear next steps. Her approach is collaborative: she listens closely, checks what is helpful, and adjusts the plan as progress is made. That can mean short-term focused work to steady a crisis or a longer conversation about patterns that keep causing the same problems.
Sessions can include a mix of talking, planning small experiments, and practising new ways of responding to difficult thoughts and feelings. Maria encourages realistic, achievable changes that fit everyday life. She understands beginning therapy can feel worrying.
Maria aims to create a calm, steady space where people can talk about what matters and start to move forward at a pace that suits them.
What Maria works with
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Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Maria uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear steps and real-life practice. One common approach is problem-focused work that breaks difficulty into manageable parts and builds practical coping strategies for stress and anxiety. This helps when worries are overwhelming and immediate tools are needed.Another strand of her work concentrates on mood and motivation by identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing small behavioural changes. This approach supports gradual increases in activity and confidence, which can lift low mood and improve self esteem.
Deciding which approach fits best is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals, try methods together, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Clients are involved in choosing techniques and pacing so the work matches their needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be simpler if bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people write between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while keeping the focus on progress.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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