Marta Lopez Pizarro , BACP

Marta Lopez Pizarro is a counsellor who uses relational and integrative approaches to help people navigate depression, anxiety, stress and life transitions. She draws on psychodynamic ideas and attachment perspectives to look at how early experiences shape current patterns. Marta works in English and Spanish and practices in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP accreditation which indicates professional membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

In sessions Marta invites people to notice how past relationships influence present feelings and behaviours. She uses client-centred listening to create space for honest reflection. Practical tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy can help people tolerate difficult feelings while focusing on valued action.

Her work also includes somatic techniques that bring attention to bodily experience, useful for stress, trauma and chronic illness. Marta pays attention to body image, chronic pain, and the emotional impacts of cancer or long-term health problems. She also supports people dealing with immigration, multicultural concerns and isolation.

Marta has four years of clinical experience working with issues such as relationship difficulties, communication problems, self-esteem, guilt and shame. She helps people facing divorce, midlife shifts, family of origin issues and a search for life purpose. Sessions address both current challenges and the patterns that feed them.

People meet with Marta by phone, video, live chat or text-based messaging. She encourages a collaborative approach where the person’s goals guide the work. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling through the site.

How relational approaches work in online therapy

Marta combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with attachment-based and client-centred work to address emotional pain and life challenges. ACT focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it helps people take meaningful action in line with their values. Attachment-based work looks at early relationship patterns and how they shape current connections and self-view, useful for relationship difficulties and attachment issues. Client-centred therapy prioritises warm, non-judgemental listening so people feel heard and able to explore their concerns.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. Marta will discuss what feels most useful and adapt methods as the relationship develops. Together the therapist and the person set goals, check progress and adjust techniques based on needs and preferences rather than sticking to a single method.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face interaction and visual cues, phone sessions can be quicker and need less bandwidth, chat works well for short check-ins, and messaging allows reflection between replies. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, health needs or daily life while keeping the focus on therapeutic change.