Maitena Anda , BACP

Maitena Anda is a counsellor with 12 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works from a person-centred stance and aims to create a calm, respectful space for people to talk about what worries them. Maitena speaks English and Spanish and often supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, low mood and relationship strain.

Maitena works with concerns commonly found across life stages, including grief, intimacy-related issues and parenting pressures. She also supports people facing trauma, family conflict and challenges tied to identity, such as LGBT-related concerns. Her approach is practical and responsive, shaped to each person's needs.

Her practice draws on attachment-based ideas and client-centred methods that focus on the relationship in therapy and the person's immediate experience. She also uses mindfulness techniques to help people manage strong feelings and reduce reactivity in day-to-day life. Maitena may draw on existential or Jungian perspectives when exploring meaning, personal values and themes from life history.

Sessions are conversational and grounded. Maitena aims to listen closely, reflect what she hears and help people notice patterns that get in the way of change. Many sessions focus on small, manageable steps so people can try different ways of responding between meetings.

She believes beginning therapy takes courage and plans each meeting with sensitivity and care. Maitena offers online formats and guidance tailored to practical needs, helping people fit therapy into a busy life.

Approaches that suit online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationship patterns influence current bonds. In online sessions this helps people understand why they react in certain ways in close relationships and develop different ways of connecting.

Client-centred therapy puts the person's experience at the heart of each meeting. The counsellor listens with empathy and follows the person's pace, which can be calming and clarifying in a video or phone session.

Mindfulness techniques teach ways to notice thoughts and physical sensations without being overwhelmed by them. These simple practices can be used between sessions to manage stress, reduce rumination and steady emotions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The counsellor and client will talk about goals, preferences and practical needs and then try approaches that feel like a good fit. It is common to adjust methods as trust grows and new priorities emerge.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, family and travel commitments.