Maria Cascarino, BACP

Maria Cascarino is a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist who brings a practical, skills-based approach to common emotional and behavioural challenges. With three years of clinical experience, she supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, depression, and career-related concerns, and also offers focused help for issues such as body image, panic attacks, social anxiety, and women's concerns. She works from the principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - commonly called CBT - which helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and replace them with more constructive patterns.

Maria emphasizes a collaborative and nonjudgmental therapy experience, tailoring each session to the individual needs and goals of the person in therapy. She aims to create an environment where difficult topics can be explored compassionately and where practical strategies are learned to manage symptoms and improve daily functioning. Her work includes supporting people with anger management, OCD tendencies, procrastination, and low self-worth, while remaining open to other issues clients may bring.

Sessions with Maria focus on developing concrete skills and coping strategies that can be applied between meetings, so progress continues outside of scheduled time together. She welcomes inquiries from those curious about therapy as well as from individuals who are ready to begin, and she provides video, phone, live chat, and text-based options to fit different needs and lifestyles. Maria is registered with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which is a professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom.