About Marie-Paule
Marie-Paule Ahanda is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She works mainly online and supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and issues affecting self-esteem and motivation. She also helps people facing LGBT-related concerns and difficulties managing anger.
Her approach is grounded in respect, sensitivity and compassion. She adapts conversations and plans to fit each person’s situation rather than using a fixed formula.
How Marie-Paule works
Sessions are shaped around what the client needs right now and what they hope to change. Marie-Paule helps with a wide range of related difficulties, including panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety and isolation. She also offers support for concerns about attachment, abandonment and commitment, and for those coping with workplace pressures or prejudice and discrimination.
She can work with issues connected to sexuality and women’s matters, and she has experience supporting young adults. Conversations may cover communication problems and how to rebuild confidence after difficult experiences. Sessions are offered in English and French.
Marie-Paule uses a person-centred style and draws on evidence-based techniques to help people find practical ways to manage feelings and move forward. She aims to make the steps of therapy clear and achievable.
What Marie-Paule works with
The areas below are the ones Marie-Paule selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Anger management
Also listed
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English, French |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Therapeutic approaches and online support
Marie-Paule draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on understanding and changing the patterns that keep problems going. One common approach she uses helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and replace them with more manageable ways of coping; this can be useful for anxiety, panic and low mood. Another approach targets the impact of past relationships on current feelings and connections, helping people work through attachment, abandonment and commitment concerns.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about their goals, current struggles and preferences, and then suggest ways of working together. Plans are reviewed as therapy progresses so the approach can shift if needed to match what is most helpful.
Online therapy offers flexibility that many people find helpful. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation without travel, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or text messaging suit people who prefer to write or need more frequent brief contact. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, study and family commitments while keeping the focus on practical support and progress.
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