About Maria
Maria Howell is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress and anxiety. She works with adults and young people and offers a calm, non-judgemental space to talk about difficult feelings. Maria holds BACP accreditation, which is noted in her professional details, and she has seven years of practical experience.
She supports people with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief and relationship issues.
Background and approach
She also works with clients on eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, self-esteem, and career-related stress. Additional areas she addresses include ADHD, attachment and abandonment, body image, and aspects of sexuality such as kink and BDSM when these are part of someone’s concerns.
In sessions she focuses on listening and helping people describe what they are feeling and what they want to change. Conversations aim to build understanding and practical steps rather than only talking about feelings. Maria encourages small, manageable goals so progress feels achievable.
Her experience includes supporting people through major life changes and through long-term conditions like bipolar difficulties and cancer-related distress. She has worked in settings that prioritise accessible counselling and practical help alongside emotional support. Maria offers several ways to meet online or by phone, making it easier to fit therapy around work or family life.
She guides each person through the first steps and helps them find an approach that suits their needs and pace.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Maria uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and clearer understanding. One common approach is structured problem-solving where the therapist helps someone break big worries into smaller steps and try new coping strategies. This can be useful for anxiety, stress and day-to-day life problems.Another helpful way is exploring patterns in relationships and attachment. This involves looking at past and current relationships to spot habits that keep causing pain, then choosing small different responses. That can help with intimacy concerns, abandonment feelings and communication issues.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and how you respond to different methods, and then decide together what to try. Adjustments are normal as work progresses and are made based on what feels most helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or messaging to make therapy fit everyday life. Video lets you have a more traditional conversation, phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging suits people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to attend around work, family or study commitments and keep continuity when life is busy.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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