About Ana-Maria
Ana-Maria Anica is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who draws on a blend of therapeutic methods to help people manage anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. She holds BACP accreditation and has three years of clinical experience. Ana-Maria works in a calm, straightforward way and aims to make therapy feel understandable and practical for everyday life.
She begins by listening to what matters most to each person. Sessions focus on breaking problems into small, manageable steps.
Background and approach
Practical coping tools are taught alongside space to think about deeper patterns and feelings. Ana-Maria adapts her approach to the needs of the individual. She mixes client-centred listening with mindfulness and acceptance-based ideas to gently shift unhelpful habits.
Motivational interviewing is used when people want support to change specific behaviours. People who come to her often mention feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of their next step. Ana-Maria helps them identify what gets in the way and then works with them to build clearer goals and everyday strategies to reach those goals.
Sessions are offered in English and Romanian and can be arranged online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. The focus is on steady, achievable progress, and on creating a space where clients can move at their own pace.
Approaches that suit online therapy
Ana-Maria often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. ACT teaches practical ways to focus on what matters and to take action towards chosen values.She also uses client-centred therapy, which centres the conversation on the person rather than on a fixed plan. This approach involves careful listening and reflecting to help people find their own solutions and make sense of their experience.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Ana-Maria will discuss options with each person and adjust methods based on needs, goals and preferences. Together they set short-term aims and try different techniques to see what fits best.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual contact helps. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer shorter, written exchanges or who want ongoing, flexible contact between sessions.
These online options aim to make regular work on goals more practical and reachable, while keeping the focus on steady, achievable progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Romanian
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