Counsellor profile
Mariya Henderson, BACP
Counsellor - stress and relationship support
See online counselling options- Person-centred approach
- Attachment focus
- CBT elements
About Mariya
Counsellor Mariya Henderson is a BACP member with nine years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, and on intimacy-related issues. She also supports people facing grief, eating and body image issues, trauma and abuse, and mood difficulties such as depression and bipolar.
Mariya mainly uses a person-centred way of working. That means she listens without directing the conversation and helps people find their own solutions. She also draws on attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioural techniques when these seem helpful for specific problems.
Sessions are conversational and practical. People can expect to talk through recent events, patterns from family or past relationships, and everyday thoughts or behaviours that get in the way. Mariya pays attention to how past relationships affect current feelings and interactions.
She has additional experience supporting people with parenting concerns, communication problems, abandonment and attachment issues, and immigration-related stress. She can also help with anger, guilt and shame, and loneliness.
Mariya works with clients in English and Russian. For people new to counselling she asks about current needs and what someone hopes to change, so the first meetings set a clear direction together. To start, she asks potential clients to use the site matching process and then book an initial session.
How her approaches inform online counselling
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships affect current feelings and closeness. It helps when past bonds shape trust, intimacy or repeated conflict. Client-centred counselling focuses on the client's own experience and pace. It involves open listening and letting the client lead what to address. Cognitive behavioural techniques look at patterns of thinking and behaviour and offer steps to test and change them. Finding the right approach is part of the process. The counsellor will discuss goals and preferences and decide together which methods to use. That conversation may shift as practical problems or new issues appear. The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, childcare or travel, and it can reduce the need to travel to appointments. Some formats also suit shorter check-ins or lower-bandwidth connections. Registered or accredited professionals can use these options to keep regular contact without major disruption to daily life.Areas of expertise
Primary focus
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
9+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Russian
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, and intimacy-related issues. Additional areas include grief, eating and body image, trauma, depression and bipolar.
How would she work with me in sessions?
She uses a person-centred style that keeps the conversation focused on the client's concerns. She can also add attachment-based ideas and CBT techniques when these suit the problem.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional experience working as a counsellor in the UK, plus prior work supporting teenagers and young people.
Which professional body is she with and where is she based?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages does she offer sessions in?
Sessions are offered in English and Russian.
What session formats does she provide?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to talk to her?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.