Mihaela Marian
Calm person-centred counsellor for life changes
About Mihaela
Mihaela Marian helps people cope with worry, loss and big life changes. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief and low self-esteem. Her manner is calm and direct, aimed at helping people feel heard and make small, practical changes.
Mihaela uses a person-centred approach that puts the client's experience first. Sessions focus on listening, helping people name what matters and building on their own strengths. She also draws on mindfulness and creative ways of working when these suit a person's needs.
Background and approach
Her background includes nearly two decades of roles in health and social care. That work involved supporting people affected by dementia, learning disabilities, bereavement, anxiety and depression. Becoming a counsellor was a step she took after many years of frontline experience.
In a session she aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk through painful feelings. Conversations might include practical coping ideas, ways to manage overwhelming thoughts, and exercises to build resilience. Creative tasks such as drawing or metaphors can be used to help express difficult emotions.
Mihaela is registered with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She practices in the United Kingdom and offers work in English and Romanian. Her experience is three years as a counsellor following her previous health and social care roles.
What Mihaela works with
How Mihaela works
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Sessions & fees
Person-centred approaches for online support
Mihaela works mainly from a client-centred perspective which means sessions focus on listening, understanding and supporting a person's own pace of change. This approach helps with worries about relationships, grief, low self-esteem and coping with life transitions because it centres on what matters to the person in front of her.She also uses mindfulness practices to help reduce anxious thoughts and bring attention back to the present moment. Mindfulness can be useful for people who feel overwhelmed by rumination or stress and want simple day-to-day tools. When useful, creative tasks such as drawing, symbols or metaphors are introduced to help express feelings that are hard to put into words.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mihaela will discuss options with each client and decide together which methods suit their needs, goals and preferences. This collaborative planning means approaches can be tried and adjusted as therapy progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different situations. Video calls are close to face-to-face conversations, while phone sessions can work well when less bandwidth is available or to fit a short break at work. Live chat and messaging let people check in more frequently and use words rather than speaking if that feels easier. Together these options make it simpler to fit therapy around life commitments and practical needs.
| 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
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Romanian
