Hana Mandikova, BACP

Hana Mandikova helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and relationship struggles. She works with questions about identity, grief, eating and addiction, and supports people facing career pressure and life changes. Hana is BACP-registered which means she follows UK professional standards. She draws on five years of formal practice alongside earlier counselling roles in community and educational settings.

Hana takes a calm, person-centred approach that focuses on what is happening for someone right now. She listens without judgement and follows the pace set by the client. Mindfulness techniques are used to build present-moment awareness and reduce overwhelming feelings.

When past events are blocking progress, Hana uses trauma-focused methods to help people make sense of those experiences. This work aims to weaken the hold of painful memories so daily life feels more manageable. Sessions look at family patterns, attachment and how early relationships shape current reactions.

Practical tools and coaching are offered alongside talking work. That can mean emotion regulation skills, coping plans for difficult moments, or steps to change unhelpful habits. The emphasis is on useful, do-able strategies that suit each person’s life.

Hana conducts sessions in English and works from the United Kingdom. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. To begin, a short questionnaire is used to match needs and arrange appointments.

How Hana’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, empathy and supporting the person to lead the conversation. Online this means sessions are paced around the client and the counsellor reflects what matters most in the moment. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm; these exercises can be guided during video calls or introduced via short messages to practise between sessions.

Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people process difficult memories and understand how past events affect today. Online sessions can include careful, step-by-step work to make those memories easier to live with, with the therapist checking in frequently and adapting the pace to the person's needs. Choosing which approach to use is part of the work together; the therapist will explore goals, preferences and responses to different methods and agree a plan collaboratively.

Online formats offer flexibility and different ways to connect. Video calls let visual cues inform the conversation, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a simpler check-in, while live chat and text messaging suit short reflections, updates or people who prefer typing. These options help fit therapy around work, travel or busy family life and make it easier to keep continuity of care when schedules change.