About Maria
Maria Rocha is a counsellor with 12 years of practical experience. She is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Maria brings a broad, person-focused outlook to sessions and speaks English and Portuguese.
She combines everyday conversation with structured techniques to help people reduce stress and manage anxiety. Sessions look at what is happening now and what patterns may be keeping problems alive. Maria often talks about values, meaning and personal identity as part of that work.
Background and approach
Her background includes a spiritual perspective that shapes how she thinks about healing and growth. She invites people to reflect on purpose and connection while staying grounded in practical steps. The approach aims to make emotions, thoughts and behaviours easier to understand and handle.
People come to her for many issues, including trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, grief and difficulties around relationships or parenting. She also addresses career stress, addictions and change-related challenges. Maria pays attention to how early attachment and life events affect current reactions.
In sessions she blends conversational listening with tools from cognitive and experiential approaches. That mix allows exploration of feelings alongside exercises to shift unhelpful thinking and behaviour. The goal is clearer choices, steadier mood and better day-to-day coping.
Maria works with clients to trace the roots of painful patterns, heal what needs healing and strengthen a sense of self. She helps people set practical steps and explore what matters most to them.
Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what truly matters to them and take small, value-driven steps even when difficult feelings are present. It often supports worries, anxiety and life changes by shifting focus from fighting feelings to acting on chosen values.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It uses practical exercises to spot unhelpful thinking and try alternative responses, which can ease anxiety and low mood.
Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people recognise repeating dynamics in their close relationships and try new ways of relating when old responses no longer serve them.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they decide which combination of approaches to try and adjust that plan over time.
Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls let conversations feel face to face while phone sessions can be used for brief check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing, need quick support between sessions or find it easier to reflect in messages. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
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