Maria Bradley

My availability changes, so if you let me know yours I will do my best to find space.  I work Monday to Friday.

I am a BACP Accredited Psychodynamic Counsellor/Psychotherapist working with adults.  I am also accredited by the University of Nottingham in Emotion-Focused Therapy to work with the NHS and am a registered and approved therapist by AXA and AVIVA Healthcare Providers.  I have thousands of hours experience with all sorts of presenting issues that I bring with me into my practice.  All of this is background that I bring to working with you.

Counselling with me is an alliance, a collaboration.  A good therapeutic alliance allows the development of trust for the safety needed to explore in depth.  I am happy to chat in a phone call to talk about what I do.  Whatever is bringing you to find a therapist, I can help.  Being a therapist is a privilege and I bring all of those past therapeutic relationships with me.  Counselling changes people.  Here are unsolicited comments from the last week from four people.

"I wish I'd done this 20 years ago..."

"When I leave here I always feel better..."

"I think I was in a coma! Everyone should have therapy!"

"My relationships are so much better.."

No-one felt better without allowing themselves to explore painful things, but to paraphrase  'Going on a Bear Hunt',  you have to go through some long grass to get there.  When you understand yourself better you become more 'you' and people recognise that with you, they feel more valued in your presence.  And you are better able to live with a soft front, a strong back and a wild heart.  If you want to ask more, please call or email and if I don't answer immediately leave a message and I will call back.   I see people face-to-face in my room near Hemel Hempstead, or by video, so location need not be a problem. Clients can choose open-ended or shorter term therapy.

email: mbcounsellingherts@gmail.com....07383 191912.

I am an Accredited and experienced Psychodynamic Counsellor/Psychotherapist working privately, for health insurers and with NHS patients.  I am accredited also, as an Emotion Focused therapist by the NHS. Geography need not be an issue with video and I see people face-to-face in a room 7 miles outside St Albans, near Hemel Hempstead, near Redbourn). I offer short or open-ended psychodynamic counselling and 'Trauma-Informed' therapy. 

In the first session which lasts up to 90 minutes we both assess each other; I need to be sure I can offer the counselling you need and you need to feel I'm right for you.   I go through the terms of counselling so it is all clear before you decide if you want to commit to weekly 50 minute sessions.