Issues I can help with

About me as a Therapist

I am trained in and offer a variety of types of psychological treatments and approaches (described in the sections below), but I offer individualised, holistic ways of working, taking into account all aspects of emotional and physical wellbeing.

Depending on the outcome of a collaborative psychological assessment as well as your preferences, we may agree to work in a particular way or draw on different approaches and methods to tailor the treatment in order to address your individual needs and goals.

Regardless of this, I always work relationally, in an attuned way (as you can see from the testimonies provided by my clients), creating a safe environment and space for meaning-making and personal growth.

What problems can be tackled in therapy

Therapy can be focused on a specific mental health condition or other difficulties/ issues, which are more pervasive or not linked to any specific mental health condition.

I specialise in trauma as well as other psychological difficulties (see the list below) but I always hope that we can journey beyond pain and despair and into the discovery of meaningful, purposeful life. Hence, I am particularly interested in therapeutic processes that foster growth, resilience, expansion and creativity.

What problems can be tackled in therapy

Anxiety (e.g. phobias, constant worrying and/ or rumination, social anxiety, health anxiety, panic attacks and others)
Post-Traumatic Stress/ acute reactions to stressful/ traumatic events
Adjustment Difficulties including Adjustment Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Low mood and depression
Emotional difficulties, such as anger and irritability, resentment, shame, guilt, distress
Insomnia
Chronic Pain
Somatoform Disorders
Relationship Difficulties
Bullying and Harassment
Problems related to challenging life experiences

Other psychological difficulties including

Low self-confidence / self-esteem
Perfectionism
Performance anxiety
Insecurity, anxiety, or procrastination – not being able to get something started, moving or finished (especially in relation to work and creative processes)
Mental or physical blocks
Stress and worry
Sleep difficulties
Bereavement and loss
Managing adjustments to life transitions and change
Divorce and separation
Managing adjustments to physical health diagnosis
Work-related stress
Work-life balance

Crisis & Risk Support

Please note we are not a crisis service and we cannot offer any crisis support.

If you are currently experiencing a high level of distress or feel you are in crisis then please contact your GP, dial 999, or if you are experiencing suicidal thoughts contact samaritans freephone number: 116 123 or go to the accident and emergency department at your local hospital

Performance issues

I found Maja through my colleague – an actress who told me she was able to work through both some trauma issues (especially from auditions and issues around working with agents, which I felt I needed to address too); she also found Maja’s approach useful to building her characters and strengthening her performance. So I took a plunge and I wasn’t disappointed. Maja is a wonderful and a very knowledgeable psychologist who really knows how to work with creative (often highly sensitive) people. I feel she also understands the pressures and difficulties we are faced within the performance industry.

She uses brain-body approaches, and her way of working is aligned with polyvagal theory, EMDR and Brainspotting, somatic experiencing as well as IFS. She helped me recognise the connection between stress and tension and the effect on the nervous system, and the consequences of imbalance and dysregulation on my performance as a singer and performer. She helped me work through my blocks and really focus on building new pathways in my brain.

She knows so much about trauma and how to move beyond it! Her approach is so much focused on growth, building resources and re-igniting motivation, creativity and sheer joy. I feel like I not only came back to myself, but I have become a better version of myself. I now use the space to build my performance by using expansion Brainspotting and it is so exciting! I can’t thank Maja enough.

Trauma

Testimonials

Through EMDR and brain spotting with Maja, I have felt a huge positive shift in just a few sessions. She has helped me to process significant traumatic experiences in a creative and safe enough way, as well as supporting me to trust myself along the journey. I appreciated the focus on post traumatic growth and I no longer feel defined by the trauma I have experienced. I am extremely grateful for the experience and would highly recommend Maja.

Brainspotting, Trauma therapy

Other

Testimonials

I was lucky enough to be put in contact with Maja through work mental health support services, to help me with my anxiety. At this point in time, I was so overwhelmed and struggling immensely with everyday tasks, I felt this would be this way forever. Following our work together she has shared tools that have helped me gain a handle on many aspects of my life. Maja’s ability to reframe and offer an objective but compassionate opinion allowed me to feel like I can put my all into this experience and ultimately get the most out of it that I could. Our sessions were always a perfect balance of finding ways to challenge my thinking and providing tools to support me while I did this, in a truly safe environment. She was eloquently able to appeal to both the logical and the emotional parts of me which were previously at war with each other. Ultimately, through our time together I feel I have been able to move to a smoother path which seems more promising than it did when I started. The positive management of my anxiety has been noted by colleagues within my team, which has opened conversations regarding their own mental health.

Maja is a credit to her profession, and I am exceptionally grateful to have worked with her.

Sarah

Anxiety