- Years in practice
- 12
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Maria
Maria Rocha is a counsellor with 12 years of experience based in the United Kingdom. She is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Maria speaks English and Portuguese and brings a broad, person-focused perspective to sessions.
Her style blends practical talking therapy with attention to deeper life meanings. She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based work, Client-Centred methods, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Existential ideas.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to help people spot patterns, make small changes, and find clearer direction. Maria often helps people facing stress, anxiety, low mood, grief and major life changes. She also supports people coping with relationship difficulties, parenting strain, addiction and issues around self-esteem.
She pays attention to how early attachment and past losses can shape current feelings and behaviour. In sessions she focuses on what is happening now and where it came from. Conversations look at thoughts, feelings and behaviour alongside values and life meaning.
Practical tools are offered alongside time to reflect and make sense of experience. Maria offers several online formats including video, phone, live chat and text messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and sessions are scheduled using the site’s tools.
The subscription used for sessions can be cancelled at any time.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- 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
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Maria lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused 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 online support
Maria often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. ACT is useful when someone wants to live more in line with what matters to them rather than be held back by worry or rumination.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current reactions and connection patterns. This approach can help people understand emotional triggers and build more stable ways of relating to others.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Maria will discuss goals, try methods that fit the person, and adjust over time so the therapy matches needs and preferences. The process is collaborative and guided by what helps most in day-to-day life.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging suit people who want brief, more frequent contact or an option that does not require being on camera. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, childcare and busy schedules.
Questions people ask about Maria
What sorts of concerns does Maria address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and major life changes. Other areas include parenting strain, relationship problems, addictions and self-esteem.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and reflective with practical exercises. She mixes client-centred listening with techniques that help change thoughts and behaviours.
What is her professional background?
Maria has 12 years of experience and combines several therapeutic influences to suit each person's needs. She works from both psychological and existential perspectives.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
Maria is based in the United Kingdom and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese to support a wider range of clients.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and the therapist arrangement; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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