Maria Delasaux, BACP

Maria Delasaux is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She focuses on helping people who are coping with stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and career concerns. Maria encourages clients to recognise their own strengths and to take small steps toward a more satisfying life.

Maria works in a straightforward, person-centred way. She treats each person as the expert on their own story and listens first to understand what matters most. Sessions are practical and aimed at building skills to manage difficult emotions and daily challenges.

Her background includes several years working in mental health and neurodiversity settings, with a decade dedicated to trauma-related work. That experience informs how she supports people through painful memories, relationship strain and stress linked to life changes.

Maria blends approaches such as Client-Centred Therapy, cognitive behavioural techniques, psychodynamic thinking, solution-focused methods and somatic ideas. She uses these tools to help clients spot patterns, try new ways of coping and bring bodily awareness into emotional work.

People who come to Maria often want help with attachment concerns, autism and Asperger Syndrome issues, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, codependency, communication problems, dissociation, and life-purpose questions. She also works with first responder and veteran and armed forces issues.

Maria practises from the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Working with evidence-based approaches in online counselling

Maria integrates Client-Centred Therapy with cognitive behavioural techniques to support people through stress, anxiety and trauma. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so clients feel heard and can find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioural techniques help identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviours to reduce anxiety and improve mood.

She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at past patterns that influence current feelings and relationships. That can help when life keeps repeating the same painful disappointments or people struggle with attachment and long-standing family issues. The therapist will discuss which approach or mix of approaches fits best for your goals and preferences, and decide this together as work begins.

If you are considering online sessions, check the current session options before booking since the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also allow people who live further away or overseas to access the same therapeutic approaches as in-person work. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists can adapt these methods to suit what you want to work on.