Maria Palej , BACP, NCPS

Maria Palej is an integrative therapist based in the United Kingdom who brings six years of professional experience to her practice. She holds BACP and NCPS credentials - BACP indicating membership in a UK professional counselling association, and NCPS representing an additional professional counselling credential. Maria works in English and Polish and combines a practical, empathetic style with trained therapeutic methods. She is not currently accepting new clients.

Maria supports people facing a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, panic, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy challenges, family tensions and parenting difficulties. She also works with issues such as addiction, grief, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, bipolar and mood disorders, anger and self-esteem struggles, career difficulties, and the effects of domestic violence or complicated family dynamics. Maria regularly helps clients who feel stuck or overwhelmed and those navigating separation, attachment or commitment concerns.

Her approach is integrative and client-focused, drawing on client-centered principles to build a respectful, non-judgmental therapeutic relationship and psychodynamic ideas to explore underlying patterns. She also uses mindfulness and solution-focused tools as appropriate to the client’s goals. In an initial session Maria provides space for a prospective client to describe their reasons for seeking therapy, ask questions about the process and begin to clarify goals and next steps.

Integrative approaches for effective online support

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, empathetic space where the client guides the pace and content of sessions. This approach helps people build self-understanding and confidence when facing anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship issues or life transitions.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches practical ways to notice thoughts and bodily sensations without judgment, which can reduce reactivity to stress and support management of anxiety, sleep difficulties and mood disturbances. Psychodynamic Therapy explores how past experiences and relationship patterns influence present feelings and behaviour, offering insight that can be useful for trauma, attachment concerns and long-standing interpersonal difficulties.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Maria works together with clients to identify goals, test different techniques and adjust the plan as needs and preferences become clearer, so therapy remains focused and relevant.

Online therapy by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and to access a therapist from home or elsewhere. These options offer flexibility in how people communicate, allowing sessions to be scheduled more conveniently and enabling ongoing support even when in-person meetings are not possible. Licensed professionals and therapists use these formats to deliver meaningful therapeutic work adapted to each client’s situation.