Maria Barletta , BACP

Maria Barletta is a counsellor and psychotherapist practicing in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She holds a BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and offers therapy in both English and Spanish.

Her work draws on an integrative foundation that blends client-centered, psychodynamic, and cognitive behavioral principles. She uses guided meditations, visualisations, and psycho-imaginative techniques when appropriate to help people explore patterns, emotions, and practical ways forward. This flexible approach supports clients in identifying the root causes of distress and developing sustainable coping strategies.

Maria specialises in stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, self-esteem concerns, and depression. She also addresses attachment issues, codependency, commitment and communication problems, control issues, feelings of emptiness, family difficulties, forgiveness, guilt and shame, infidelity, isolation and loneliness, jealousy, life purpose questions, multicultural concerns, and panic disorder and panic attacks. Her practice is geared toward people who want to better understand what drives their behaviours and to make lasting, life-enhancing changes.

In early sessions Maria focuses on understanding each person’s goals and needs and then collaborates on a tailored plan of work. She aims to offer steady support and practical encouragement as clients work through the challenges that brought them to therapy.

Integrative approaches for online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the client’s experience guides the work. This approach helps people who need greater self-understanding, increased self-esteem, or relief from relationship and life transition difficulties.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a practical, solution-oriented method that explores how thoughts, feelings, and behaviours interact. It is often used for anxiety, panic, low mood, and stress by helping clients develop strategies to change unhelpful patterns and build coping skills.

Psychodynamic Therapy explores unconscious patterns and past experiences that influence current relationships and emotional responses. It can be helpful for clients working on attachment issues, repeated relationship patterns, or persistent feelings such as guilt, shame, or emptiness.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Maria works collaboratively with each person to identify goals, trial techniques, and adapt methods over time so the plan fits the client’s needs, preferences, and priorities.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - allowing people to engage from home, during breaks, or around other commitments. These options make it easier to maintain consistency and access support when it is most needed while working with licensed professionals and therapists to progress toward personal goals.