About Veruschka
Veruschka Marais is a PACFA counsellor with 15 years' experience guiding people through stress, anxiety and relationship problems. She works with individuals and couples to help them find clearer direction and better ways of relating. Her style is warm and down-to-earth, aiming to make therapy feel practical and doable.
Veruschka helps people manage anxiety and the everyday overwhelm that comes with work, parenting and life changes. She also supports people dealing with family conflict, separation, adoption and issues related to attachment.
Background and approach
Conversations typically focus on small, achievable changes that fit into a busy life. Her approach blends proven methods like cognitive behavioural therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy with attachment-focused work and emotionally-focused techniques. Sessions are collaborative - she listens, offers feedback and helps clients try different ways of responding to difficult thoughts and feelings.
Veruschka pays attention to the practical side of progress. That can mean short exercises to reduce anxiety, communication tools for tense relationships, or steps to rebuild trust after separation. She aims to help people feel more confident in their choices and more able to cope when life gets hard.
People who usually get the best results are those ready to try new behaviours and reflect on patterns in relationships. Veruschka welcomes straightforward conversations about goals and makes a plan together to move toward them.
Therapeutic approaches for online anxiety and relationship work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed by them, then commit to actions that match their values. ACT is useful when anxiety or avoidance gets in the way of living the life someone wants.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. It uses specific exercises and experiments to test unhelpful thinking and build new coping skills for stress and anxiety.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current bonds and reactions. It can help people understand recurring issues in close relationships and develop safer ways of relating.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match their goals, preferences and everyday routines. That might mean combining short skills practice from CBT with values-based tasks from ACT and gentle attachment-focused conversations.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging suit regular, brief contact and between-session support. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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