Maria Stannard, BACP
5 years in practice
Maria Stannard offers calm, direct support for people feeling stressed, anxious or overwhelmed.
License and registration
- BACP
- 398442 · expires May 2027
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Maria
Maria Stannard offers calm, direct support for people feeling stressed, anxious or overwhelmed. Maria uses a straightforward, person-focused way of working to help people talk through tough moments. She explains things plainly and helps clients notice their strengths while they decide what to change.
Maria practises client-centred counselling and draws on Existential ideas to look at meaning, choice and responsibility in life. She also works with trauma-focused methods when past harm affects day-to-day living.
Background and approach
Sessions are paced to each person and aim to make difficult topics easier to face. Maria has five years of professional experience and is a BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP. She is based in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English.
Her personal experience of autism informs how she understands neurodivergent perspectives and sensory differences. Typical concerns she helps people with include depression, anxiety, grief, trauma and abuse, body image and eating issues, self-harm, and struggles with identity such as gender dysphoria. She also supports people dealing with family problems, caregiver stress, isolation, and obsessive or compulsive thoughts.
Maria balances listening with gentle challenge. In conversation she helps people make clearer decisions, notice patterns, and try small changes. The aim is practical emotional relief and clearer direction for everyday life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Maria lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Maria names
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Online support
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Maria works with person-centred counselling that puts the client’s experience first, helping people feel heard and respected while they choose their next steps. Existential Therapy is used to look at life meaning, choice and responsibility, which can help when someone feels stuck or unsure about direction. Trauma-Focused Therapy is applied when past harm is still affecting day-to-day feelings and behaviour, guiding clients to process difficult memories at a pace that suits them.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Maria treats this as a shared process and will discuss options with each person, adapting methods to goals and preferences. She aims to help clients try approaches and adjust as necessary so the therapy feels useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversations, phone works well when bandwidth is low, live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel and to continue work from wherever a person is living.
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Questions people ask
What issues does Maria help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, eating and body image concerns, self-harm, relationship and family problems, and matters related to gender and LGBT identity.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is person-centred and non-judgemental, with Existential themes about meaning and choice. Trauma-focused work is used when past events are affecting current life.
What experience does she have?
Maria has five years of professional experience supporting people with mood, trauma and neurodivergent issues, and brings lived experience of autism to her practice.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How much do sessions cost?
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