Luana Maki
Supportive counsellor blending practical and reflective work
About Luana
Luana Maki uses a flexible, person-focused approach to help people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and relationship concerns. Luana is a non-binary counsellor who draws on three years of clinical experience to offer attentive listening and practical support for everyday struggles. Luana works in a way that adapts to each person.
Sessions are shaped around what matters most to the client, not a fixed script. That means practical steps one week, and deeper reflection the next, depending on need.
Background and approach
Clients come for many reasons, from depression, low self-esteem and grief to parenting strain, chronic illness or challenges linked to sexuality and intimacy. Luana also supports people dealing with ADHD, attachment issues, body image, and complex sexual cultures such as BDSM and kink.
Therapeutic tools include client-centred work that places the person at the heart of sessions, mindfulness techniques to ease overwhelming feelings, psychodynamic ideas to look at past influences, and solution-focused methods for clearer next steps. These approaches are blended to suit the individual. Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
Luana is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP. The focus is on steady progress, honest conversations and practical moves that fit everyday life.
What Luana works with
How Luana works
Listed by Luana among the ways they work.
Listed by Luana among the ways they work.
Listed by Luana among the ways they work.
Listed by Luana among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
How online sessions use different therapeutic approaches
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person rather than a set plan. The counsellor listens closely, reflects what they hear and helps the person find their own answers; this is useful for building self-worth and dealing with relationship concerns.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple exercises to notice thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed. It can help reduce anxiety, improve concentration and offer practical ways to manage stress day to day.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels helpful, then try methods that fit. That means sessions can change over time as needs shift, with the client and counsellor deciding together what to keep or adapt.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy or geographically spread people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, note-taking or days when writing feels easier than talking. These options help make therapy more accessible and easier to fit into everyday life.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
