Maria Malone, BACP

Maria Malone is a counsellor with 15 years' experience working in the United Kingdom and internationally. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with relationships, trauma, self-esteem, anxiety, depression and life changes. Her approach is warm and collaborative, aimed at helping people find practical ways forward.

Maria draws on a broad set of therapeutic skills and adapts them to each person she sees. She works from the view that the client is the expert on their own story and that therapy is a partnership. Sessions look at strengths, unhelpful patterns, and small changes that can make life feel more manageable.

Her practice includes work on grief, addiction, parenting strains, career pressure, compassion fatigue and issues linked to identity such as LGBT concerns. She also helps people cope with ADHD, chronic health problems, attachment or abandonment difficulties, and relationship or intimacy-related worries.

Maria aims to make sessions practical and straightforward. Conversations will typically identify what matters most to the client, explore useful strategies, and test new ways of coping. She offers support for building confidence, managing stress, and improving communication.

Because she tailors the work to each person, the shape of therapy can change over time. Early sessions focus on understanding the problem and setting clear goals. Later work concentrates on practising new responses and strengthening the skills that help people maintain progress.

How evidence-based approaches can work online

Maria draws from a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to each person's needs. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving; this helps with anxiety, low mood and stress by breaking cycles that keep problems going. Another approach concentrates on building practical skills such as communication, emotion regulation and pacing activities, which is useful for relationship difficulties, burnout and coping with chronic health issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist works collaboratively to assess goals, preferences and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they choose techniques that fit the client's situation and adjust them as progress is made.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. It can reduce travel time, allow check-ins during a work break, and offer options for shorter or more frequent contact when needed. Because the biography does not state specific session formats, confirm the exact options available before booking. Registered or accredited professionals can often offer flexible arrangements to help therapy slot into everyday routines without changing the quality of the therapeutic work.