- Years in practice
- 15
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Maria
Maria Malone is a counsellor with 15 years of experience supporting adults through difficult life moments. She focuses on practical, steady help for issues such as anxiety, depression, stress, relationship concerns and parenting worries. Her approach is down-to-earth and collaborative, aimed at helping people find clearer ways forward.
Maria draws on a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques rather than a single method. She adapts sessions to each person’s needs and uses straightforward tools to make sense of what is happening.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on understanding patterns, naming strengths and testing manageable changes. Her work often centres on the impact of past hurt, including trauma, abandonment or attachment issues, and how these affect current relationships and self-esteem. She also supports people facing addiction, grief, long-term illness, career strain and compassion fatigue.
Practical coping strategies and coping plans are used alongside reflective conversation. Maria believes clients are the experts on their lives and treats them as collaborators. She helps identify strengths people may not see and builds on those resources step by step.
Sessions aim to increase confidence in making choices and managing emotions. Based in the United Kingdom and registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Maria offers work that balances empathy with structure. Her manner is compassionate and steady, geared towards helping people regain control and move toward more fulfilling everyday life.
What Maria works with
Everything Maria lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Maria helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How evidence-based techniques work online
Maria uses a blend of widely used therapeutic techniques and adapts them to online formats. One commonly used approach focuses on understanding how past experiences shape current reactions, helping people recognise patterns and try different responses. This can be useful for relationship tensions, attachment difficulties and recovering from trauma.Another core strand emphasises practical, skills-based work to manage mood and stress. That involves learning coping strategies, testing small behavioural changes and building routines that reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning. It suits people coping with depression, stress, ADHD and life transitions.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. Maria will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they choose methods and adjust them as progress is made, keeping the work collaborative and goal-focused.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection helps. Phone sessions can fit a short check-in or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people work in shorter, more frequent bursts or communicate when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel commitments.
Questions people ask about Maria
What kinds of problems does Maria help with?
She helps people dealing with anxiety, depression, stress and relationship issues. Her work also covers trauma and abuse, self-esteem, grief, addiction and parenting concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is compassionate and collaborative. Sessions mix reflective conversation with practical tools and strategies to test between meetings.
How long has she been practising?
Maria has 15 years of professional experience supporting adults with a wide range of mental health and life challenges.
What qualifications and location are shown?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
Maria works online using video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payment handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. You can then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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