- Years in practice
- 8
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Romanian
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Ioana
Ioana Mitrache is a counsellor with eight years of experience helping people find direction and cope with life’s challenges. She works in the United Kingdom and speaks English and Romanian. Ioana holds a BACP accreditation and uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs.
Ioana keeps sessions straightforward and relational. She listens for patterns that keep repeating and helps people notice how those patterns affect daily life. Common concerns she addresses include stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, parenting pressures and relationship strains.
Background and approach
Her style blends practical skills with reflective conversation. She might introduce tools from cognitive behavioural work to change unhelpful thinking, or use attachment-focused ideas to look at how past relationships shape current reactions. She also draws on dialectical strategies for emotional regulation and existential questions about meaning when that fits.
Sessions can feel calm and focused. Conversations often cover what is happening now, how it links to past experiences, and small steps a person can try between meetings. Ioana aims to help people develop clearer choices and more steady routines during stressful periods.
People who contact her can expect a respectful, non-judgemental space to talk things through. She accepts international clients and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Practical arrangements, including cost and scheduling, follow a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What Ioana works with
Everything Ioana lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Ioana helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ioana lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns influence current reactions and connections. It helps people understand why certain situations feel threatening or familiar, and supports building steadier responses in parenting and relationships.Client-centred counselling focuses on listening and understanding without judgement. It gives space for someone to make sense of their feelings and decide what matters most to them, which can be helpful during life transitions or when rethinking parenting choices.
Cognitive behavioural techniques help identify unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments to change routines and reactions. These techniques are useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and stress management.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences and practical needs, then agree together which methods to try and how to adapt them over time.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let conversations feel closest to in-person meetings, phone sessions reduce bandwidth needs, live chat can be useful for short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. This range makes it easier to fit therapy around family life, work and travel while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
Questions people ask about Ioana
What kinds of issues can Ioana help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, parenting concerns, relationship difficulties and related issues such as self-esteem and sleep problems.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is relational and practical, combining listening with tools to manage thoughts and emotions. She uses conversational work alongside specific strategies to help people try new ways of coping.
What experience does she have?
She has eight years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns and life changes, bringing a mix of therapeutic approaches to sessions.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She works from the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation as listed in her profile.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Romanian, and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give people flexible options for contact.
How are fees and payments handled?
Sessions use a subscription that varies with location and therapist availability and can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to her availability.
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