Maria Levenfiche , BACP

Maria Levenfiche is a counsellor with eight years of experience who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression and relationship concerns. She also supports people facing family conflict, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief and intimacy-related worries. Maria works with issues such as body image, self-esteem, parenting stresses and ADHD-related challenges.

She takes a straightforward approach in sessions. Maria treats each person as the expert in their own life and focuses on practical steps that build on existing strengths. Conversations are collaborative and aim to make change feel manageable rather than overwhelming.

Maria offers a calm, supportive listening space where people can talk through painful events and difficult choices. She aims to break problems down into small, attainable steps and to help people spot patterns that keep them stuck. Work might include looking at communication habits, boundaries, or ways to cope with strong emotions.

Her background includes years of work with people affected by family problems, separation and domestic violence, as well as addictions and eating concerns. Maria pays attention to attachment and abandonment themes when these are relevant to someone’s story. She also supports people facing fertility and fatherhood issues where these affect wellbeing.

Sessions are offered in English from the United Kingdom and are available to international clients. Maria uses a session format that fits the client’s needs and aims to make talking about hard things feel clearer and more hopeful.

Approaches and online support for common concerns

Maria uses evidence-based techniques that focus on clear, practical steps. One approach helps people learn skills to manage anxiety and stress by changing unhelpful thinking patterns and by practising new coping strategies. This is useful for panic, ongoing worry and work-related stress.

Another strand of her work looks at relationships and attachment. These methods help people understand patterns in how they relate to others, improve communication and rebuild trust after abandonment or separation experiences. This can be helpful for couples issues, commitment worries and blended-family challenges.

Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Maria will talk through what you hope to change, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust the work as progress is made. The aim is to find tools that feel useful for day-to-day life rather than one fixed method.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you see visual cues and hold a longer session, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, childcare and travel commitments while keeping the work steady and focused.