About Olesia
Olesia Maksymiv is a BACP counsellor who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She supports clients facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and issues around parenting and self‑esteem. Her way of working is calm and respectful.
She aims to make the first step easier for people who are worried about seeking help. She has five years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and brings that practical background to sessions.
Background and approach
Olesia listens closely and adapts conversations to each person's needs. She focuses on clear, manageable goals rather than overwhelming theory. Sessions look at current problems and the patterns that keep them going.
Her approach draws on attachment‑based ideas and emotionally focused work to help people understand their relationships and feelings. She also uses client‑centred methods that put the person's own experience at the heart of therapy. Together these approaches help with anxiety, grief, eating and intimacy‑related concerns as well as depression and life changes.
Olesia works in English, Russian and Ukrainian and is able to work with international clients. She explains steps simply and supports people through difficult decisions like separation or career change. Meetings are practical and paced to fit the person's life.
People who choose her often want straightforward, compassionate support. Olesia aims to build trust and help people find realistic ways to cope, heal and move forward.
Approach to online counselling and relationship work
Olesia uses attachment‑based ideas to look at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional reactions. This helps people who struggle with abandonment, trust or intimacy problems see patterns and try new ways of connecting.She also uses emotionally focused work which concentrates on the feelings beneath arguments and anxiety. EFT helps people name hard emotions and shift the way they relate to them, especially around grief, relationship pain and anger.
The right approach is something she decides together with each person. She will talk about goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then adjust methods as therapy progresses so it fits the client's needs.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat and text‑based messaging. Video sessions allow face‑to‑face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or clients prefer not to be on camera. Chat and messaging work well for shorter check‑ins, reflective writing or when someone wants to pace their responses. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, family life and travel, and to maintain regular contact between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Russian, Ukrainian
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