Nicoleta Porojanu, BACP

Nicoleta Porojanu draws on nearly two decades of work in mental health to help people facing painful life events. She is based in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation. Her background spans clinical, voluntary and private settings and she brings that breadth to every conversation.

Nicoleta has worked in palliative care and managed residential and supported living mental health services. She also practised as a psychotherapist and counsellor in private practice. Those roles gave her experience with serious illness, loss and long-standing emotional wounds.

She speaks openly about surviving childhood trauma and Triple Negative Breast Cancer, and this personal perspective shapes her empathy. She focuses on relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief and coping with big life changes. She also pays attention to issues such as attachment, abandonment, body image and caregiver stress.

In sessions she uses a blend of approaches rather than one fixed method. Expect straightforward conversation, reflective listening and practical ways to test new thoughts and behaviours. She aims to help people identify patterns that cause distress and develop steps to change them.

Nicoleta also explores meaning, personal values and inner resources when it feels helpful. Her work often combines mindful awareness, talking therapy and exercises that you can try between meetings. The overall aim is clearer direction, reduced overwhelm and better day-to-day functioning.

Approaches that shape online sessions

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on empathy and acceptance, helping people feel heard and understood so they can explore their own solutions; it works well for relationship struggles and self-worth concerns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical exercises to try new responses when old patterns cause distress. Existential therapy helps people face big questions about meaning, choice and responsibility and can be useful during major life transitions and grief.

Choosing a method is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels useful, then tailor sessions accordingly. That means approaches may be combined and adapted as progress is made, with ongoing chat about what helps most.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when travel is a challenge, while phone sessions fit into a busy day and use less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging can provide shorter check-ins or written reflections between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, illness or caregiving and help maintain consistency in the therapeutic process.