Marcin Maciejewski

Marcin Maciejewski is a BACP-registered counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience and extensive background in related therapeutic settings. He has worked thousands of client hours and additional years supporting people in academic mentoring, institutional care and hospice settings. He lists relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and coping with life changes among the issues he helps people with.

Marcin uses several practical tools in sessions, such as worksheets, mood charts and journalling. He also draws on movement, mindfulness and creative expression when these fit a client's needs. He aims to build trust and clear communication so people can try approaches that suit them.

His training includes person-centred, existential, metacognitive cognitive behavioural therapy, focusing, intersubjectivity and Gestalt influences. In practice he blends elements from these approaches to match what each person brings to the room. He describes the working relationship as the base that integrates different techniques into a usable plan.

He prefers to agree on tools and exercises collaboratively and to review progress over time. Regular weekly sessions are commonly used, though session rhythm is negotiated with each person. Between sessions he responds to messages at set times where possible and works with supervision and peer groups to maintain professional standards.

Marcin has experience with a wide range of concerns beyond those already listed, including abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, attachment difficulties, body image, caregiver stress, codependency, communication struggles, dissociation, divorce and separation, domestic violence, eating and food-related issues, feelings of emptiness and family of origin matters.

Therapeutic approaches and working online

Marcin draws on person-centred work which centers on listening and understanding the person's experience to help clarify what matters most to them. This approach can help when someone feels unsure about next steps or is struggling with life changes.

He also uses metacognitive cognitive behavioural techniques, which focus on noticing and adjusting thinking patterns that keep unhelpful cycles in place. These methods are commonly used for depression, anxiety and coping after trauma because they offer concrete strategies to change how someone responds to thoughts and feelings.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. He aims to figure out what fits by discussing goals, preferences and how interventions feel in practice. That collaborative process shapes whether practical tools like mood charts, journalling or movement exercises are used and how they are adapted.

Confirm the available session formats before booking because the profile does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to build therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow sessions from different locations. They also make it simpler to check in mid-week with short messages or brief appointments when agreed. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists commonly use these approaches to make therapy more accessible and to help clients apply practical tools between sessions.