Maaria Aksar, BACP

Maaria Aksar is a person-centred counsellor with five years of practical experience supporting people from a range of backgrounds. She works with common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, career questions and workplace pressure, and extends her practice to areas including grief, anger, self-esteem, compassion fatigue and challenges related to blended families and caregiving.

Her style is warm, interactive and non-judgemental. Maaria offers empathy, honesty and unconditional positive regard while allowing clients to lead the pace and focus of sessions. She blends person-centred values with cognitive behavioural techniques and solution-focused strategies, tailoring conversations and plans to each individual’s needs. The combination of these approaches aims to help clients make sense of their experience and identify practical ways to cope and move forward.

Maaria emphasises respect, sensitivity and compassion, and avoids stigmatising labels. She works with issues such as body image, codependency, communication problems, family of origin concerns, divorce and separation, isolation and first responder stress, among others. She is based in the United Kingdom, holds the BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and is accepting new clients, including those located internationally.