About Mati
Mati Ma is a counsellor and psychotherapist who helps people facing anxiety, stress, depression and relationship worries. He also supports people dealing with self-esteem struggles, career uncertainty, compassion fatigue and trouble sleeping. Mati speaks English, Mandarin and Cantonese and practises in the United Kingdom.
He takes a straightforward, people-focused approach. Sessions tend to centre on what is happening now and what practical steps someone can try between appointments. Conversations aim to be calm and grounded, with space to talk about feelings, patterns and life events that keep causing pain.
Background and approach
Mati draws on his own experience as an immigrant between Hong Kong, Canada and the UK alongside clinical work in schools and community settings. That background informs how he listens to culture, communication styles and family issues in sessions. He has three years of experience working as a counsellor and psychotherapist and holds BACP registration.
Working with him means a focus on understanding attachment, boundaries and how past hurts shape present behaviour. He also supports people dealing with abandonment, codependency and intimacy-related concerns. Practical communication strategies and clearer decision-making are often part of the work.
Sessions can be held through video, phone, live chat or text messaging, which offers flexibility for busy lives. To begin, someone completes a short matching questionnaire and then books a suitable time to meet.
How client-centred work fits with online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It uses listening, empathy and non-judgemental reflection to help someone understand their feelings and choices. This approach suits issues such as anxiety, relationship struggles and low self-worth because it prioritises the clients own goals and pace.Mati treats the choice of approach as a collaborative process. He will discuss different ways of working and adjust methods based on what the client wants and how they respond. Together they check what feels useful and change direction if needed.
Online sessions give real practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps with connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is a problem. Live chat or text messaging works well for quick check-ins, shorter conversations or when someone prefers writing to talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family obligations and different time zones, while still keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Mandarin, Cantonese
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