About Maria
Maria Baxendale Hume is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with ten years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem or problems at work. She aims to make first steps feel manageable and to offer steady support while clients decide what change looks like.
Maria creates a calm, non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings can be spoken plainly.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and conversational, with time spent understanding current difficulties and what matters most to the person in front of her. She encourages small, doable steps that build confidence and forward momentum. Her work draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, together with existential ideas about meaning and choice.
These methods help people notice unhelpful patterns, try new ways of responding, and connect with personal values. Maria explains techniques in simple language and adapts them to each person's day-to-day life. She also offers support for grief, trauma, parenting worries, chronic health concerns, identity questions including LGBT matters, and issues such as anger and burnout.
Maria recognises that complex histories and overlapping problems need patient, paced work rather than quick fixes. If someone wants a steady, practical counsellor who listens and works collaboratively, Maria helps map out realistic goals and clear next steps. She invites people to start by saying what they hope will be different, then plans how to get there.
How ACT, CBT and existential work translate online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them, and to take small steps that reflect their values. This can be useful for anxiety, stress and motivation problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact and offers straightforward tools to test and change unhelpful patterns; it suits worries, low mood and sleep difficulties. Existential therapy invites a conversation about meaning, choice and responsibility, which can help when life changes feel confusing or overwhelming.Choosing an approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk through goals and preferences, try techniques together, and adjust the plan if something does not fit. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions stay practical and relevant to everyday life.
Online work offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use visual cues and work closely on exercises. Phone sessions suit those with limited bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, jotting down thoughts between sessions, or staying connected when schedules are tight. These options help therapy fit around work, caregiving and busy days while keeping the same collaborative approach used in face-to-face work.
Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Maria help with?
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
What is her background and experience?
What credentials and location are listed for this counsellor?
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
What session formats does she offer?
How are fees and payment handled?
How do I begin working with her?
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.