Maria Howell, BACP

Maria Howell welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain and want practical help to move forward. She writes in plain terms and aims to make talking about difficult things easier for people who are worried or tense. Maria holds a BACP credential, which is shown as BACP, and she brings seven years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.

She helps people with a wide range of concerns including stress and anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, grief, and challenges with sleep or eating. She also supports people facing identity and sexuality questions, neurodiversity concerns such as autism and Asperger syndrome, and work or career pressures.

Maria takes an open, non-judgemental approach in sessions. She encourages honest talk about feelings and behaviours and works with each person to find what helps in day-to-day life. Sessions focus on practical steps as well as understanding the roots of difficult patterns.

Her experience covers coping with major life changes, managing anger, addressing attachment and abandonment issues, and supporting people who struggle with guilt, shame or emptiness. She also offers help around codependency, communication problems, and recovery from drug and alcohol use.

Maria works remotely with people in the United Kingdom and accepts international clients. To begin, people choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability. She aims to make the first steps straightforward and approachable for someone who is unsure where to begin.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Maria uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical steps and understanding personal patterns. One common approach emphasises exploring thoughts, feelings and behaviours together to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms by practising new ways of responding. Another approach works on building safety in relationships and addressing attachment and abandonment issues by looking at past experiences and current relationship patterns to reduce repeated difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals and preferences and will try different methods as needed. This is a collaborative process where the person and therapist decide together what helps most.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit short check-ins, and text messaging is useful for ongoing written reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, family or study commitments and make it easier to keep continuity of care when life is busy.