Counsellor profile
Maria-Ann Bulley, NCPS
NCPS counsellor - family and parenting concerns
Continue with Maria-AnnAbout
- Trauma and grief
- CBT techniques
- Solution-focused goals
About Maria-Ann
Maria-Ann Bulley is an NCPS counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 22 years of experience. She works with adults who are dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression and stress. She also supports people concerned about relationships, parenting and family matters and those navigating life changes.
Maria-Ann focuses on practical conversation and steady problem solving. Sessions are straightforward and aim to identify small changes that make daily life easier. She uses listening and reflective feedback to help people notice patterns and test new ways of coping.
Her background includes long experience supporting people after loss, domestic violence and other traumatic events. She also works with people facing chronic illness, fertility or adoption-related questions, and those managing caregiver strain. Over the years she has worked with a wide range of life and work stresses and with people who identify as LGBT.
Maria-Ann draws on Client-Centred Therapy to keep the work focused on the person's own priorities. She uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviours. Solution-Focused Therapy helps set short-term, achievable goals and track progress.
Sessions are practical, paced to what the person needs, and open to review as things change. People are invited to try steps between appointments and bring back what worked and what did not. To get started she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and book a first session.
How sessions work
How her approaches are used in online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what the person brings. It helps adults clarify their priorities and decide what matters most in their home and work lives. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and actions that maintain distress and offers practical techniques to test new responses to anxiety, low mood or sleep problems. Solution-Focused Therapy is short-term and goal oriented, helping people set small, achievable steps and review progress between meetings.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Maria-Ann will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. That might mean starting with talking and reflection, adding CBT tools, or focusing on concrete steps to change a routine or relationship pattern. The choice is reviewed as the work progresses.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments around parenting, work or health commitments and can reduce travel time. They also allow shorter check-ins when a quick review is needed and make it simpler to continue therapy when life moves between locations.
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with adults on issues such as trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, stress and family or relationship concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her practice combines Client-Centred listening with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Solution-Focused techniques to set short-term goals and try practical changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of experience working with adults on loss, trauma, caregiving stress and related life challenges.
What credentials and country is she based in?
She is an NCPS counsellor practising in the United Kingdom.
Can I see her if I live outside the UK?
International clients are accepted and sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.