Maria Connolly, BACP
Maria Connolly is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
- Stress & Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- +3 more
About Maria
Maria Connolly is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She focuses on helping people who are coping with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship worries, LGBT-related concerns, and depression.
Maria aims to make the first steps into therapy feel less daunting by offering a welcoming atmosphere and clear, straightforward support. She creates a calm space where clients can talk about what matters most to them.
Background and approach
Sessions are non-judgemental and paced to match each person’s comfort. Maria draws on her own experience of long-term therapy to empathise with how hard it can feel to begin. In practice she listens closely to practical problems and daily patterns that keep people stuck.
Conversations often look at how thoughts, feelings and behaviour interact. Maria helps clients try small, manageable changes and notice what works in real life.
She can support people dealing with issues linked to abandonment, attachment, body image, chronic illness or pain, codependency, communication difficulties, control issues, feelings of emptiness, family problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, questions about life purpose, men’s issues, and midlife transition. Maria is known for a warm, straightforward style. She works collaboratively and invites clients to shape goals and pacing.
Her approach aims to be practical, humane and rooted in everyday language rather than clinical jargon.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 406600 | January 2027 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Maria works with
Everything Maria lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Online support
Another typical approach focuses on building a safe, non-judgemental relationship in which people can make sense of old attachment wounds and abandonment fears. This helps with relationship difficulties, codependency and feelings of emptiness by exploring how early patterns show up now.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Maria will discuss options with each person and together they will decide what feels most useful for the client’s goals and pace. She treats the choice as a collaboration and adapts methods as progress is reviewed.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and more detailed work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits short check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, caring responsibilities or travel.
Frequently asked
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem and relationship worries, plus LGBT-related concerns and a wide range of related life issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and non-judgemental with plain language and practical suggestions. She focuses on small changes that can make daily life easier.
What experience does she bring?
She has three years of professional practice and draws on personal experience of long-term therapy to understand the start-up anxieties many people feel.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients from other countries.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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