Maria Rocha

Maria Rocha is a counsellor with 12 years' experience and a BACP registration. She draws on a range of therapeutic ideas to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship strain. Maria writes and talks plainly, and aims to make therapy feel practical and down to earth.

She works from an integrative stance and uses common-sense language in sessions. That means she adapts tools from different approaches to fit each person's needs. Clients can expect gentle questioning, paced reflection, and straightforward techniques to manage difficult feelings.

Maria places attention on the roots of problems as well as current coping. She helps people look at how past experiences shape present reactions and then build new ways of responding. Sessions may include talking, reflective exercises and imagery work when useful.

Her approach also acknowledges spiritual concerns for those who bring them to therapy. Maria aims to strengthen a person's sense of identity and values so decisions feel clearer and mood improves over time. This can be helpful for people dealing with grief, major life change or career difficulties.

She also supports people with addiction, parenting stress, anger and body image concerns. Maria works in English and Portuguese and accepts clients in the United Kingdom and internationally. To begin, people use the site's Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire.

How Maria's approaches can work online

Maria commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centred Therapy. ACT focuses on noticing thoughts and values, then committing to actions that match what matters to you; it can help with anxiety, low mood and life change. Attachment-Based work looks at early relational patterns and how they affect current relationships, which can help with trust, abandonment issues and communication problems. Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of sessions, offering empathic listening and space to find your own solutions when coping feels hard.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Maria will work collaboratively to test what helps most, tailoring tools to your goals and preferences rather than following a fixed plan. That means the first few meetings often focus on understanding your concerns and trying simple techniques to see what fits.

The biography does not specify which online formats are used, so please confirm available session options before booking. Many people find online work useful because it can fit around work, reduce travel time and allow check-ins from a familiar place. Online sessions can make it easier to keep momentum between appointments and to practise new skills in day-to-day life.