About Maria
Maria Mars is a counsellor with 27 years of experience who works from the United Kingdom. She is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, HCPC. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and identity concerns.
She also supports those facing parenting pressures, grief, sleep problems, anger, bipolar mood changes and the practical strains of life transitions. Her approach blends straightforward, evidence-informed techniques.
Background and approach
She uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy alongside attachment and client-centred ideas. In sessions she listens, helps you make sense of what’s happening and offers manageable steps to try between meetings. Maria has worked across public, voluntary and personal mental health services.
That varied background means she is used to different kinds of difficulties and practical constraints. She draws on what has helped people in those settings when planning care with each person. Her style is collaborative and calm.
She focuses on clear goals and skills you can use day to day. People can expect a warm, steady presence and practical tools to reduce distress and improve coping. For someone finding it hard to reach out, she aims to make contact straightforward.
You begin with a short matching questionnaire and then arrange sessions that fit your schedule.
Approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, encourages noticing thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, and then taking action that matches your values. It can help with anxiety, stress and life changes by focusing on small steps that matter. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on understanding relationship patterns that started early in life and how they affect current relationships; it can help with identity, attachment issues and parenting concerns.Choosing an approach is a joint process. The therapist will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and recommend which methods to try first. Plans can be adjusted as you go so the work fits you and feels useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit short updates, brief check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options help fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments while keeping focus on the therapeutic work.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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