Hanna Mallie, BACP

Hanna Mallie brings seven years of counselling experience to her work with people facing stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. She is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom. Hanna aims to create a calm, respectful space where clients can talk through painful feelings and look for practical ways forward.

Hanna uses a blend of approaches to suit each person. She draws on client-centred methods to follow what matters most to the client, and uses cognitive behavioural ideas to spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Psychodynamic perspectives help when past experiences feel linked to today’s struggles, and solution-focused techniques are used to identify small, achievable changes.

Her background includes extensive work across mental health, homelessness, domestic abuse and family support. That experience shapes a practical, down-to-earth style that balances emotional listening with realistic steps people can try between sessions.

Hanna works with a wide range of concerns including self-esteem, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions and sleeping problems. She also supports people coping with career strain, compassion fatigue, obsessive-compulsive difficulties and self-harm thoughts.

Sessions aim to help people understand their patterns, reduce distress and build coping skills. Hanna believes most people have inner resources they can reconnect with, and she supports clients to find those strengths while they work towards clearer goals.

How Hanna’s approaches work online

Hanna often combines client-centred work and cognitive behavioural techniques when offering online counselling. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening closely and following what feels most important to the person, which helps people feel heard and understood. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into clear links between thoughts, feelings and actions and gives practical strategies to test and change unhelpful patterns.

Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. Hanna will talk with the client about their needs, goals and preferences and together they will try methods that feel right. She can adapt the balance of listening, reflection and practical exercises as the work progresses.

Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when tone and expression matter. Phone sessions can be quicker check-ins or suit lower bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging make short, frequent check-ins possible and can fit around busy days. These formats help people access counselling from different locations and at different times, making it easier to keep therapy consistent alongside other commitments.