About Ioana
Ioana Mitrache is a counsellor with eight years of professional experience who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She works with adults on issues such as depression, addictions, grief and self-esteem. She practises in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English and Romanian.
Ioana uses a person-centred, relational way of working. She focuses on building trust so people can talk about painful experiences at their own pace. The language in sessions is straightforward and practical, with an emphasis on coping skills and clearer thinking.
Background and approach
Her background includes training and practice in a range of approaches. Cognitive behavioural methods are used to spot and shift unhelpful thinking. Attachment-based ideas help map relationship patterns and how they affect current responses.
Ioana also draws on elements of dialectical behaviour therapy and existential therapy when these fit a person's goals. That can mean learning emotion-regulation skills, improving communication, or talking through questions of meaning and direction. She adapts the mix of techniques to each person's situation.
People come to Ioana for common life stresses as well as complex concerns such as trauma, ADHD, relationship challenges, eating and sleeping problems, and career worries. She accepts international clients and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging so people can choose the format that suits them.
How therapeutic approaches guide online work
Attachment-based work looks at patterns in relationships and how early bonds shape present responses. It helps people see why they react strongly in close relationships and supports learning new ways to connect and feel steadier.Cognitive behavioural therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviours that keep problems going. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep or eating difficulties because it offers clear strategies to try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then try methods that match those aims. That collaborative process means techniques are adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face to face when that helps understanding and rapport. Phone sessions are an option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching, or people who prefer to write rather than speak. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, travel and daily life while still using established therapeutic approaches.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Romanian
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