About Maria
Maria Wallgren is an ACA counsellor with seven years' experience working in a range of settings in Australia and Europe. She focuses on stress and anxiety alongside relationship concerns, low self-esteem, depression and coping with life changes. Maria aims to build a calm, respectful space where people feel heard and not judged.
Maria uses a person-centred outlook and draws on different therapy ideas to suit each person. She listens to each person's story and helps them find ways forward that feel practical and realistic.
Background and approach
Sessions are straightforward and paced to the client's needs. Her background includes work in corporate, higher education, psychiatric and not-for-profit settings. That variety means she is used to helping people from diverse cultural backgrounds and different life stages.
She pays particular attention to multicultural concerns and problems that arise at work. Maria often combines techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness with narrative and solution-focused tools. That mix helps with panic attacks, communication problems, guilt and shame, and finding life purpose.
She also supports people dealing with control issues, isolation and forgiveness. People who prefer a collaborative, respectful approach tend to fit well with her style. Maria aims to help people feel more able to manage symptoms, make clearer choices and reconnect with what matters to them.
She sees therapy as a shared process of discovery and practical change.
How Maria's approaches work in online therapy
Maria often uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of thinking and behaving. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, panic attacks and stress because it focuses on practical steps and short-term tools.She also draws on mindfulness therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices. Mindfulness can reduce reactivity and help a person stay calmer during stressful moments. Narrative therapy is used as well to look at the stories people tell about themselves and to find different meanings that support change.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Maria works together with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. She adapts techniques over time based on what helps and what feels manageable for the client.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break, and chat or messaging is useful for quick check-ins or ongoing written reflection. These formats offer flexibility for people juggling work, family and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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