About Marita
Marita Lashko is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 13 years of experience in adult work across GP surgeries, a low-cost charity, independent practice and school settings. She has worked with multicultural communities in London and draws on her own European heritage to understand cultural differences.
Marita focuses on helping people who are facing anxiety, stress, grief, depression and the effects of trauma. Her way of working is integrative, with a relational, person-centred foundation.
How Marita works
She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns from the past, solution-focused techniques to set clear goals, and trauma-focused approaches when complex distress is present. Sessions often include psychoeducation to explain how thoughts and the body interact. Marita practices with compassion and respect.
She offers a calm space to reflect and to make sense of reactions that can feel confusing. Together the counsellor and client identify practical steps and clearer ways of coping. She has supported people dealing with low self-esteem, relationship strain, parenting stress, anger and career-related worries.
Work in schools involved conversations with parents, staff and pupils, giving experience across different day-to-day pressures. Therapy aims to build self-awareness and emotional regulation. Sessions are shaped around the client’s goals so they can map out realistic next steps and feel more able to manage change.
Marita lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Marita works with
The areas below are the ones Marita selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of the work. The counsellor focuses on listening closely, reflecting what is said and helping the client find their own solutions; this approach is useful for building confidence and self-awareness.Solution-focused therapy concentrates on small, practical steps and clear goals. It helps people identify what is already working, set achievable targets and use short-term strategies to manage stress, career choices or relationship difficulties.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit the client’s needs, goals and personal preferences, and can adjust the focus as progress is made.
Online work uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video allows face-to-face interaction and visual cues, phone sessions can be a shorter check-in or better when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits brief updates or paced conversations. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities and daily life while keeping the therapeutic relationship central.
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