About Maria
Maria Polverino supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, family conflict, trauma and abuse, depression and addiction. She also helps with grief, intimacy concerns, sleep problems, parenting strain, self-esteem and coping with major life changes. Maria works with matters related to adoption and foster care, attachment and blended family issues, codependency and communication problems.
Maria uses a warm, person-focused manner in sessions. She treats each person as the expert on their life and looks for strengths to build on.
How Maria works
Conversations aim to be practical and down-to-earth, with clear steps to try between meetings. Her approach draws on several well-known models. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) offers ways to spot unhelpful thinking and try small behaviour changes.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters most and take action despite difficult feelings. Attachment-based ideas and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) guide work around close relationships and how past bonds shape current reactions. Maria has six years of experience and holds BACP registration.
She works with clients across a broad range of concerns, including eating and food-related issues, domestic violence, dissociation and forgiveness work. Sessions are delivered in English and she accepts international clients. People meet Maria online by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
She aims to create a calm, practical space where people can try new ways of coping and feel more in control of their next steps.
Maria lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Maria works with
The areas below are the ones Maria selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Maria draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behaviour changes that can reduce anxiety or low mood. CBT sessions focus on practical exercises, simple experiments and step-by-step plans that translate well to online work.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) which helps people clarify their values and take meaningful action even when emotions are difficult. ACT supports learning new ways to live in line with what matters, rather than trying to eliminate feelings entirely.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Maria talks with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they choose methods that fit the situation and temperament. She adapts tools from different approaches as needed and checks in regularly about progress and comfort.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls are good for a full conversation and visual contact, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options give flexibility for work breaks, busy schedules and differing communication preferences, while keeping the focus on practical work and steady progress.
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