Maria Stride
Compassionate person-centred counselling for adults
About Maria
Maria Stride helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, grief or problems with relationships and intimacy. She supports those dealing with addiction, sleep difficulties, anger, career uncertainty and life changes. Maria also offers guidance around self-esteem, compassion fatigue, ADHD and many other personal struggles.
Maria uses a person-centred way of working. She spends time listening and aims to make people feel heard. Sessions focus on what matters to the individual and move at a comfortable pace.
Background and approach
Her style is warm, down-to-earth and collaborative. She encourages practical steps as well as reflection, and sometimes uses creative exercises to help express feelings that are hard to say out loud. These can include simple art or playful activities adapted to the person’s needs.
Maria has six years of counselling experience and holds BACP and NCPS credentials. BACP stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. NCPS refers to the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society.
People generally work with Maria when they want straightforward support for a specific issue or help finding new ways to cope. She tailors each session to the person’s goals and preferences, offering clear options and working with practical solutions alongside emotional support.
What Maria works with
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Sessions & fees
Working with person-centred, mindfulness and solution-focused methods online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person without judgement. It helps people feel accepted and able to explore what matters to them at their own pace. Mindfulness Therapy encourages noticing thoughts and feelings in the moment and developing simple practices to reduce reactivity and improve calm. Solution-Focused Therapy looks for small, practical changes and steps that move someone toward their goals rather than concentrating on problems for long periods.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before. From there they work together to try methods that fit the individual's needs and adjust them as things progress.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls can mirror a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be used for shorter check-ins, and text messaging allows ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments while keeping care consistent with the chosen therapeutic approach.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| 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
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Languages
- English
