- Years in practice
- 10
- Registration
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
About Maria
Maria Sardina is a counsellor and hypnotherapist with ten years' experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, grief and parenting concerns. She works with issues such as sleeping problems, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem. Maria also helps with career worries, anger, ADHD and coping with major life changes.
Her style is collaborative and non-judgemental. Sessions aim to be practical and goal-focused while also giving space to reflect on deeper patterns.
Background and approach
She offers both short-term coaching and longer therapy depending on what a person wants to work on. Maria blends several approaches to suit each person. She draws on client-centred methods to listen and validate, cognitive behavioural ideas to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, and hypnotherapy for focused change work.
Mindfulness practices and Jungian ideas about meaning may also appear when relevant. She has substantial experience with health-related issues, including work alongside people living with cancer, chronic illness and long Covid symptoms, and has previously worked in a hospital setting. That background informs her understanding of adjustment and coping when health or caregiving is part of the picture.
Sessions are shaped around individual goals and circumstances. Maria creates a personalised plan and revises it as progress is made. She also runs workshops and seminars for people wanting broader personal development.
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
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Maria lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-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.
How her approaches work online and why they help
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience. It helps people feel heard and often makes it easier to sort out priorities and next steps. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and helps people try new behaviours that reduce anxiety or low mood.Maria also uses hypnotherapy for targeted change work when someone wants to address habits, stress reactions or specific fears. Hypnotherapy involves guided relaxation and focused attention to support new ways of thinking and behaving.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and trial methods that match the person's needs and goals. Decisions about methods are collaborative and can be adjusted as therapy progresses.
Online formats suit different practical needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, notes between sessions, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care across locations and schedules while using the therapeutic approaches described above.
Questions people ask about Maria
What kinds of problems does Maria help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, sleeping problems and grief, and works with parenting concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma, and eating or anger difficulties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Maria uses a collaborative, non-judgemental style that balances practical goal work with reflective therapy. She offers both short-term coaching and longer-term counselling depending on the person's goals.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has ten years' experience and many years working with health-related issues, including time in a hospital setting and work with people adjusting to chronic illness and cancer.
What credentials and location are listed?
Maria holds the credential NCPS and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be provided via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that 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, then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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