Maria Polverino, BACP

Maria Polverino is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, family conflict and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports clients with depression, addictions, grief, intimacy concerns and sleep problems. Maria works in a straightforward, respectful way that aims to make each person feel heard and understood.

Maria takes a strengths-based view and treats the person as the expert on their own life. She encourages small, practical steps and works alongside clients as they try different ways to cope. Sessions focus on what feels achievable and on building clear skills for everyday life.

Her background includes six years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP. Maria draws on a blend of talking therapies to suit different needs rather than using a single fixed method.

In practice she mixes approaches to help with thinking and feeling patterns, attachment and relationship dynamics, and emotional processing. That might mean looking at thoughts and behaviours, exploring how early relationships shape current responses, or working on stronger emotional connection skills.

People who come to Maria often want practical tools and gentle challenge. She aims for sessions that are clear, respectful and focused on real-life change. To begin, readers are invited to check the continue button on this profile and follow the short questionnaire to find the best match and next steps.

How her approaches work online and in practice

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, focuses on helping people notice painful thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. It encourages identifying values and taking small steps that match what matters most. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of connecting and reacting, and helps people develop safer, more reliable ways of relating to others.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Maria will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. Together they assess what feels most helpful and adapt the style as therapy progresses, so the work stays relevant and realistic.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - they can reduce travel time, allow a shorter check-in during a lunch break, or make it possible to speak from a quieter location. Therapists and registered or accredited professionals often use online work to continue practical skill-building, homework discussion and emotional processing without changing the core of the therapy.