Assunta Mariosa

Assunta Mariosa is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, eating concerns and depression, and also focuses on issues such as abandonment, attachment, body image and life purpose. Sessions are offered in English and Italian and she accepts international clients.

Assunta aims to make it straightforward to talk about what feels hard. She encourages clear, direct conversation about feelings, memories and current struggles. Practical steps and simple tools are used alongside open discussion so people can notice small changes between sessions.

Her approach draws on attachment-based work to look at how past relationships shape current patterns. Client-centred techniques are used to follow what matters most to the person in front of her. Cognitive behavioural methods help with unhelpful thoughts and short-term strategies for panic, anxiety and low mood.

Sessions tend to focus on what is most pressing in daily life - reducing overwhelm, improving communication and managing intense emotions. Assunta also supports people who are rethinking life direction or who feel stuck after big changes. She invites clients to set clear, realistic goals and to test small changes between meetings.

Practical matters such as language, scheduling and how appointments work are clarified at the start. New clients begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and then book an initial session to talk through their priorities and next steps.

How her approaches translate to online work

Assunta uses attachment-based methods to look at how early and close relationships shape current behaviour and feelings. This approach helps when patterns of trust, closeness or distance are causing stress in relationships or internal conflict.

She also draws on client-centred work which gives space for the client to set the pace and topic of each session. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and to try practical experiments for anxiety, panic and low mood.

Deciding which approach to use is part of the early work in sessions. She will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then shape the way she works together with each person. That collaborative process helps pick techniques that fit everyday life.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm current session options before booking. Many people find online work makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, to keep sessions shorter when needed, or to avoid travel. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises and check-ins for remote meetings so the work focuses on practical change and clearer day-to-day routines.