Meet Maria
I am a CBT Therapist who has been accredited with the BABCP since 2004. I have experience working within secondary and primary care with clients with anxiety and depression. I have lectured in CBT at the University of York and currently guest lecture at the University of Hull.
I use third wave CBT and ACT and Compassion Focused Therapy which I have worked in various schools offering a whole school approach to staff and students in managing well being and enhancing the compassionate culture of schools.
I am also a registered mental health nurse and mindfulness practitioner. I am trained in CBT-I cbt for insomnia.
how can i help
As a BABCP Accredited CBT therapist and CFT therapist I am highly experienced in working with adults with anxiety and depression. I specialise in working with overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic, Social anxiety, health anxiety, Depression and Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and problems with shame and self criticism.
I am experienced in working with clients with physical health problems alongside mental health problems and difficulties with pain, stress and burn out.
I am a registered mental health nurse and use mindfulness within my practice.
Testimonials
“I found Maria at a very low point in life and through questions, practices and exercises she was able to direct me to a path of sustainability to cope in the present time and the future. She explained various practices to me e.g. Compassionate focused therapy – which I realised I did not do and quite often I was my harshest judge preventing me from moving forward. I did not always find the sessions easy, but Maria was wonderful in helping me address some very difficult life events and providing some answers to the issues that were causing the problems.”