Mariam Nakabugo
Calm, practical counselling for everyday challenges
About Mariam
Mariam Nakabugo offers calm, straightforward support for adults feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or relationship strain. She introduces a warm, non-judgemental space where people can talk honestly about what’s troubling them. Mariam uses simple, practical ways to help people find clearer thinking and steadier moods.
She is available to people across the United Kingdom and works in English. Mariam brings ten years of experience to her counselling work.
Background and approach
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, often shortened to BACP. Her practice focuses on common life challenges such as depression, coping with change, grief, burnout and compassion fatigue. She also supports people facing addiction, chronic health issues and caring responsibilities.
Relationship difficulties and intimacy-related concerns are a core part of her caseload. Mariam helps people address communication problems, commitment worries, feelings of abandonment and issues that arise in blended family situations. She also works with survivors of trauma and abuse, and with people dealing with body image or self-esteem struggles.
Mariam draws mainly on client-centred and solution-focused approaches. That means she listens first, follows what matters most to the person, and then helps set practical, achievable steps. Sessions are collaborative and aim to build on a person’s own strengths rather than impose a single path.
Therapy sessions are offered online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging, with scheduling arranged through a short matching questionnaire. Fees vary by location and availability, and the service uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What Mariam works with
How Mariam works
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Sessions & fees
How client-centred and solution-focused therapy work online
Mariam commonly uses client-centred counselling, which begins with careful listening and acceptance. The person leads the conversation while the counsellor reflects what they hear and helps the client make sense of their feelings. This approach suits people who want a supportive space to understand themselves better.She also draws on solution-focused therapy, which concentrates on practical steps and small changes that move a person closer to their goals. Sessions often include setting clear, achievable actions and noticing what already works, which can help with stress, confidence and relationship problems.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then try methods that fit the individual. Adjustments are made along the way so sessions match changing needs.
Online therapy by video, phone, live chat or text messaging offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face work when needed, phone calls can be a good option with limited bandwidth, and live chat or messaging suits shorter check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, caregiving and other commitments.
| 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
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
