Nerissa Mauricio
Exploratory counselling with a soulful focus
About Nerissa
Nerissa Mauricio offers a calm, non-judgemental space for people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed or unsure of what comes next. She introduces a gentle, exploratory way of working that helps people make sense of difficult feelings and life events. Nerissa writes plainly and listens carefully so people can begin to try different ways of being and relating.
Her method draws on developmental, analytic and humanistic ideas with a soulful emphasis.
Background and approach
That can mean looking at family history, childhood influences and important relationships to see how they shape present patterns. She also uses imagery, dreams, storytelling and drawing to access material that may not be easy to put into words. Sessions may include attention to the body through movement and breath work, and space to notice what is unspoken.
Many people come because they feel isolated, are coping with crisis, or want to change recurring patterns that cause frustration. Others arrive searching for a clearer sense of who they are. Nerissa trained at Re-Vision in North London and completed a Diploma in Integrative Transpersonal Counselling.
She practised for three years at Re-Vision’s Low Cost Counselling service and now works in independent practice both online and in person in North and East London. Her background spans approaches such as Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Existential and Jungian ideas. She aims to travel alongside people, honouring their uniqueness while helping them try things that feel different.
People who value reflective, exploratory work and a warm collaborative relationship may find this approach helpful.
What Nerissa works with
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Sessions & fees
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and patterns. Online work can look at present relationship struggles and help people notice and change reactive habits in their close relationships.Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of the session. The therapist follows the client’s lead, offers empathic listening and helps people clarify what matters to them. This approach suits people who want a supportive space to make sense of their feelings.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on identifying and shifting emotional patterns that affect connections with others. It can be useful for people who want to understand strong emotions and learn new ways of responding in relationships.
Finding the right way of working is part of the process. The therapist will discuss different approaches with the client and agree what fits best based on needs, goals and personal preference. That decision is made together and can be revisited as therapy progresses.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into everyday life, for example by saving travel time or allowing shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, since the original biography indicates she works both online and in person but does not list specific online formats. Registered or accredited professionals aim to adapt sessions to the practicalities of each person’s routine.
| 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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- 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
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
