Nicoleta Porojanu , BACP

Nicoleta Porojanu is a United Kingdom based therapist with 19 years of experience in mental health and wellbeing across clinical, voluntary, and private sectors. She holds BACP membership - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which indicates adherence to professional standards for counsellors and psychotherapists.

Her professional path includes roles as a clinical psychologist in a palliative care hospital, manager of residential and supported living mental health services, and work as a psychotherapist and counsellor in private practice. Those varied positions have informed an integrative, practice-based approach to supporting people through complex life challenges.

Nicoleta speaks from both professional and personal experience. As a survivor of childhood trauma and Triple Negative Breast Cancer, she brings a deep commitment to working with trauma, relationships, addiction, depression, anxiety, and the interconnections between physical and mental health. She applies a caring, compassionate stance to help clients unpack wounds, navigate hardship, and rebuild a sense of well being.

Her practice is holistic and integrative, blending tools drawn from different therapeutic traditions to support self-discovery, healing and growth. She is the host of the Open To Happiness podcast and the founder of the mental health charity The Significant You, projects she describes as ways to share learning and guide others toward greater fulfillment. Nicoleta works with relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, and coping with life changes, and she is accepting clients including those from other countries.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and a nonjudgmental stance. It helps clients explore their feelings and values so they can make choices that align with their authentic selves, and it is especially helpful for relationship difficulties, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and reshaping unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. It offers practical strategies for managing anxiety, depression, and patterns that interfere with daily functioning, making it useful when clients want structured tools to cope and make change.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and gentle acceptance of experience. It can reduce reactivity to stress, support emotional regulation, and complement work on trauma, grief, and chronic health challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Nicoleta collaborates with each client to weigh options, tailor methods to individual needs and preferences, and adapt the plan as progress unfolds so the work feels relevant and meaningful.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for busy schedules and for people living far from services. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support during transitions, and fit therapy into everyday life while working with a licensed professional who guides the process.