About Mariya
Mariya Henderson is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strains and family difficulties. She also supports those dealing with grief, low self-esteem, eating and intimacy-related concerns. Mariya draws on nine years of professional experience to offer steady, practical support.
She works in a warm, respectful way that keeps conversation central. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client and on small, achievable changes.
Background and approach
Mariya adapts her approach so the work is relevant to each person's situation. Her background includes substantial time using a person-centred style, which places the client's perspective at the heart of therapy. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ideas when helpful to address unhelpful thoughts and patterns.
Attachment-based thinking informs how she understands relationship and intimacy difficulties. Mariya pays attention to practical skills as well as feelings. She will work with people to improve communication, manage anxiety, sort out family-of-origin issues and cope with life changes.
She is comfortable addressing concerns related to LGBT identities, immigration, and isolation or loneliness. Sessions are offered in English and Russian and are suitable for people looking for compassionate, straightforward counselling. Mariya frames each plan around the person's goals and moves at a pace that suits them.
If someone wants clear steps and calm support, she aims to provide both.
Approaches that guide online counselling
Attachment-based work looks at how early connections shape current relationships and feelings of safety, and it can help with intimacy, abandonment worries and communication problems. Client-centred counselling focuses on listening and following the client's lead, creating space for people to make sense of their own experiences and decide what feels right. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviours with practical strategies that can reduce anxiety and improve mood.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The counsellor will discuss options and try methods collaboratively, adapting the plan to match the client's goals and preferences. That way the work stays focused and relevant as understanding grows.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit counselling into busy lives. Video helps maintain face-to-face connection, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a quicker check-in, while chat or messaging suits people who prefer writing or want shorter, more frequent contact. These formats offer flexibility for different schedules and needs and allow clients to continue work even when in-person sessions are not possible.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Russian
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