- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship issues
- CBT and psychodynamic
About Mariya
Mariya Majid is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with three years of experience. She works with adults and young people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and big life changes. Mariya also supports people facing issues such as attachment and abandonment, body image and caregiving strain.
Mariya keeps sessions straightforward and conversational. She listens to what matters to the client and uses that as the starting point. Practical ideas from cognitive behavioural work meet longer-term thinking about patterns and early relationships. The aim is to make sense of current reactions and try different ways of responding.
In sessions she helps clients untangle where feelings like guilt or shame come from and how those feelings affect daily life. She talks through coping strategies for stress and ways to notice unhelpful thoughts. When relationships are a source of pain, she explores what repeats and what might shift.
Mariya draws on Client-Centred Therapy to follow the client’s pace, on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for practical steps to change thinking and behaviour, and on Psychodynamic Therapy to look at long-standing patterns. She uses these approaches alongside the client’s own goals to decide what to focus on next.
Sessions are offered in English and take place in the United Kingdom. Mariya works with a wide range of concerns including chronic health-related stress, eating and food-related issues, blended family and communication problems. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centred Therapy is about following the client’s concerns and pace. It focuses on listening and responding to what the person brings, which helps when the main need is to feel heard and understood. This approach supports exploring guilt and shame from the client’s viewpoint.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) breaks down thinking and behaviour into steps you can change. It offers practical tools to test unhelpful thoughts, try different responses and manage anxiety or stress in daily life. CBT can be useful for specific problems such as panic, repetitive worrying or body image struggles.
Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to patterns that repeat across relationships and time. It helps make sense of why certain feelings, such as emptiness or difficulty trusting, keep returning and what history might be influencing current choices.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist works collaboratively to match methods to the client’s needs, goals and preferences rather than using one fixed model. That means sessions can shift from practical exercises to longer reflective work as needed.
Please confirm which session formats are available before booking, as the profile does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into everyday life, reduce travel time, allow quieter single-task check-ins and offer shorter or longer sessions depending on what suits the client.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and coping with life changes, plus related concerns like attachment and body image.
How would she approach shame or guilt?
She looks at where those feelings come from and how they show up day to day, combining practical steps to shift thinking with exploration of repeating patterns.
What is her professional background?
She has three years of clinical experience working with adults and young people and practises using several therapeutic approaches.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to clients abroad?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the profile.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.