Maria Mina, NCPS

Maria Mina is a counsellor with four years' experience who aims to make starting therapy less daunting. She focuses on helping people overcome obstacles that stop them living a meaningful, authentic life. Maria offers a straightforward, supportive approach to each person she meets.

In sessions she encourages open conversation and gentle reflection. That helps people understand what is holding them back and decide what change they want. She describes her style as non-judgemental and honest, creating space to process difficult feelings and plan practical next steps.

Maria trained as an integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor, which means she blends different techniques to suit each individual. She adapts her approach to the problem in front of her rather than using the same method for everyone.

Alongside private practice, Maria has worked with Anxiety UK as an approved therapist and volunteers with Mind, a mental health charity. Before qualifying she spent many years in the public and not-for-profit sectors, including roles in human resources focused on fairness and supportive workplace cultures.

She works with common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting and career-related worries. Maria also supports people facing life changes, compassion fatigue and those looking for coaching-style guidance.

Therapeutic approaches and flexible online care

The counsellor works integratively, combining evidence-based techniques to meet each person's needs. Integrative counselling blends different methods so sessions can focus on current problems, underlying patterns or practical skills depending on what helps most. This approach suits people who want a tailored way of working rather than a single technique.

She also uses coaching-style conversations to support goal setting and practical changes. This is useful for career concerns, navigating life transitions and building routines that reduce stress. Coaching-style work often focuses on clear steps and regular reviews to track progress.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be agreed together. The therapist will listen to the person's goals, try different ways of working and adjust methods as needed. That collaborative process helps identify what feels most helpful over time.

Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their day. Video calls suit deeper conversations, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be used for shorter check-ins and messaging is handy for brief reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.