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About Maryia
Maryia Farooq works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related concerns. She believes clients are experts in their own stories and draws on their strengths to help them face challenges. Maryia is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has three years of professional experience.
Her sessions focus on clear, practical conversation. She helps people talk through what is happening now and identify small steps they can try between meetings. That can include ways to manage strong emotions, improve communication, or cope with major life changes.
Maryia also supports people dealing with depression, grief, addictive behaviours, sleep and eating difficulties, and work-related stress. She can address parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and career concerns, and she works with issues such as abandonment, attachment, body image and fertility worries.
People with experiences of domestic violence, divorce or separation, cancer or caregiving pressure are within her scope of practice. She also notes experience supporting autistic adults and those with Asperger syndrome on related life and relationship issues.
Sessions are conducted in English and take place in the United Kingdom. Maryia uses her three years of practice to offer steady, practical support rather than quick fixes. To begin, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then book a first session.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Maryia draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on understanding current patterns and developing practical coping skills. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and testing them against everyday experience, which can reduce worry and low mood. This method is useful for anxiety, stress and mild to moderate depression.
She also uses approaches that focus on relationships and attachment. These help people explore communication habits, commitment worries and patterns that repeat in close relationships, and are often used for couples issues, intimacy concerns and abandonment or attachment difficulties.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Maryia will discuss different ways of working with each person and agree on a plan based on their needs, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process and can change as therapy progresses.
Practical benefits of remote sessions include fitting appointments into a busy week and reducing travel time. If you need details about the specific session formats offered, please confirm current options before booking, as formats are not listed in the biography.
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Topics Maryia lists
Questions about Maryia
- Does she work with anxiety?
- Yes. She supports people with stress and anxiety using practical conversational work to manage emotions and daily pressures.
- What kind of counselling does she offer?
- She offers evidence-based therapeutic techniques delivered as conversational sessions that focus on practical steps and emotional processing.
- How much experience does she have?
- She has three years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including relationships, trauma and addictions.
- Is she registered with a professional body?
- Yes. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
- Which languages are available?
- Sessions are offered in English.
- Can I have sessions from another country?
- She does not accept international clients at this time.
- How much do sessions cost?
- Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
- How do I start working with her?
- Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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