About Livia
Livia Maria Nestianu uses an integrative, person-centred approach to help people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or life changes. She draws on several practical methods to keep sessions focused on what matters to each person. Livia communicates in plain language and aims to make therapy feel straightforward and useful.
She has a background in psychology and five years of counselling experience. Livia holds BACP registration, which is listed as BACP in her credentials.
Background and approach
She works with common concerns such as depression, bipolar mood difficulties, grief, trauma and addiction, and with issues around relationships, intimacy and self esteem. Her work also covers career strain, compassion fatigue and the stresses of caregiving, plus specific areas like ADHD, body image and attachment difficulties.
Livia is comfortable supporting people from LGBT communities and those coping with chronic illness or disability. She speaks English and Romanian. Sessions are practical and collaborative.
Livia blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and somatic approaches with attachment-based and client-centred ideas. Conversations focus on small, achievable changes and clearer ways to manage troubling thoughts and feelings. Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
People living in the United Kingdom can work with her, and international clients are not accepted. To begin, use the platform Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time.
How Livia’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them and then choose actions linked to their values. This approach can help when anxiety or avoidance is preventing everyday life. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical skills for managing unhelpful thinking and low mood. It is often used for anxiety and stress to build new habits and coping strategies. Somatic Therapy pays attention to bodily sensations and movement, using brief exercises or grounding techniques to reduce stress responses and help people feel more present in their bodies.Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. Livia will collaborate with each person to try approaches that match their goals and preferences. Over a few sessions she will check what helps and adapt methods accordingly so the plan stays relevant and manageable.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and practices that use voice and gesture. Phone sessions can be lighter on bandwidth and easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, written reflection or people who prefer text. These options make it simpler to keep continuity of care and to use therapeutic tools between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Romanian
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