About Maria
Maria Baxendale Hume offers calm, straightforward support for people facing stress, low mood, anxiety and relationship strain. She is a BACP counsellor with ten years of practice in the United Kingdom. Maria aims to create a welcoming space where thoughts and feelings can be spoken about honestly and without judgement.
She helps people tackle everyday problems like confidence, motivation and career worries. She also supports people through bigger life changes such as grief, trauma and caring for someone with chronic illness.
Background and approach
Maria works with clients who name concerns linked to LGBT identities and other personal challenges. In sessions she uses practical methods to help people notice unhelpful thinking, try new behaviours and clarify what matters most. The work is collaborative - goals are agreed together and reviewed as therapy progresses.
Maria combines approaches that encourage acceptance of difficult feelings with strategies to change patterns that cause distress. Her background includes a decade of varied clinical work across settings in the UK. That experience informs a flexible style that adapts to each person's pace and needs.
Maria emphasises small, achievable steps so people can build confidence between sessions. People who come to Maria often want clear, useful tools and steady support while they work through painful or confusing experiences. She aims to help people make choices that lead to a more sustainable and valued life.
What Maria works with
Everything Maria lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Maria is listed here; the rest shows what else Maria works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Maria lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How ACT, CBT and Existential ideas fit into online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings, and then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns to reduce symptoms like low mood, anxiety and sleep problems. Existential therapy invites clients to talk about meaning, choice and identity when life feels uncertain or empty.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and try methods together so the plan fits the client's goals and preferences. That collaborative process helps make sure techniques are useful and comfortable for each person.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, for example by avoiding travel, fitting a short check-in during a lunch break, or reducing the need to be on camera. It can also allow steady continuity of care when circumstances change. Registered or accredited professionals can use online work to offer the same structured approaches and practical exercises that are used in face-to-face sessions.
Questions people ask about Maria
What kinds of problems can Maria help with?
Maria works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, career problems, grief, trauma, and issues linked to LGBT identities.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and collaborative. She combines actions to change behaviour with acceptance-based techniques to help people live by their values.
How much experience does she have?
Maria has ten years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and practices in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are accepted according to the information provided.
How do sessions and costs work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with Maria?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's listed availability.
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