Dr. Persa Maerz
Practical, collaborative therapy for complex worries
About Persa
Dr. Persa Maerz welcomes people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure where to begin. She aims to make the first steps feel manageable and clear.
Her style is warm and direct so people can talk honestly and start finding practical ways forward. She trained and practised in the United Kingdom and has nine years of clinical experience. Her HCPC registration is noted on professional records as HCPC.
She has held consultant, lead and supervisory roles in a range of services and clinics and offers both therapy and clinical supervision to trainees and other psychologists.
Background and approach
Her day-to-day work blends a few different methods to match each person's needs. She uses client-centred listening to understand what matters to the individual. She also draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, and psychodynamic thinking to look at longer-standing patterns.
Persa has particular experience with anxiety, stress, trauma and abuse, depression and grief. She also helps people dealing with self-esteem, addiction, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strains, sleeping problems and career questions. Additional focus areas include blended family difficulties, communication issues, family of origin concerns, multicultural matters and kink or alternative sex culture questions.
Her approach is collaborative and adapted to each person. Sessions are practical and paced to suit energy levels and life commitments. People who want clear steps, gentle exploration and options for both brief and deeper work may find her approach helpful.
What Persa works with
How Persa works
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Sessions & fees
Approaches that suit online therapy conversations
Client-centred work focuses on understanding what matters most to the person and helping them set the pace and goals. This approach helps when someone wants a listening space to make sense of feelings and decide next steps.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical strategies to reduce anxiety, improve sleep and manage low mood. Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, or DBT, offers skills for handling intense emotions and improving relationships through clear coping techniques.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit those goals and adapt techniques over time. This collaborative planning helps people choose whether to focus on short-term problem-solving or deeper exploration.
Online formats make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for in-depth sessions. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a session needs to fit a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions or when writing feels easier than speaking. Registered or accredited professionals use these options to match practical needs with the therapeutic plan.
| 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
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Registered with
- HCPC
- Languages
- English
