Shamiso Mazaiwana
Understanding, practical counselling support
About Shamiso
Shamiso Mazaiwana uses a client-centred approach to make therapy feel collaborative and straightforward. She focuses on understanding each person’s experience and helping them find practical ways to cope. Shamiso speaks English and Shona and works with people across the UK and internationally.
She holds BACP accreditation and has seven years of experience in counselling. Shamiso helps people manage stress and anxiety with clear, goal-focused work. She also supports those dealing with depression, grief and relationship concerns.
Background and approach
Sessions can cover intimacy-related issues, family conflict, career strain and the effects of trauma and abuse. Her practice draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and build new coping habits. She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat over time, and solution-focused methods to set small, achievable goals.
Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change. Shamiso has experience addressing specific situations such as hoarding, immigration challenges, caregiver stress, codependency and separation after divorce. She also works with issues around attachment, abandonment and midlife transitions.
Therapy is tailored to practical needs and personal goals, not a one-size-fits-all plan. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit different routines. New clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling sessions according to availability.
Costs vary by location and use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What Shamiso works with
How Shamiso works
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Sessions & fees
Approaches that translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and pacing. The counsellor listens actively and helps people make choices that feel right for them, which can help with anxiety, low mood and relationship worries.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together. It aims to teach practical strategies for managing anxiety, depression, stress and unhelpful habits through short exercises and skill-building.
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels unsure about change. It uses open conversation to clarify what matters to the person and to build motivation for small, achievable steps.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide whether to prioritise practical skills, explore past patterns, or use a mix of methods.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation from different locations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins, step-by-step problem solving, or when writing feels easier than speaking. Registered and accredited professionals can adapt techniques to each format so therapy stays practical and focused.
| 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
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Shona
