Marie-Paule Ahanda, BACP

Marie-Paule Ahanda is a counsellor in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She offers supportive, respectful care for people dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression. She also helps people facing anger issues and concerns related to sexuality and LGBT matters.

Her sessions aim to be practical and tailored. She adapts conversation and any plan to each person’s situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all method. The focus is on clear steps clients can try between meetings as well as exploring feelings and patterns that cause distress.

Clients can expect a calm, compassionate space where listening comes first. Marie-Paule seeks to be sensitive to background and identity, and she pays attention to how culture and discrimination can affect wellbeing. She works with people experiencing panic, social anxiety, loneliness and workplace strain.

Her background includes five years of hands-on practice and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, often shortened to BACP. She offers sessions mainly online and can arrange face-to-face meetings when appropriate.

Marie-Paule speaks English and French, and she encourages people to take the first step even when it feels hard. To begin, clients use the site’s Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to availability.

Approaches to help you online and in person

Marie-Paule uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions in clear, practical ways. One common approach focuses on understanding how thoughts and behaviours keep problems going and then testing small changes to reduce anxiety and low mood. This helps people manage panic, social worries and repetitive negative thinking.

Another approach pays attention to patterns in relationships and feelings of abandonment or attachment. This helps when commitment worries, communication struggles or past hurts affect current life and relationships. Both ways aim to make problems easier to handle day to day rather than relying on labels.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Marie-Paule will collaborate with each person to decide what fits best based on goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Plans are adjusted as therapy progresses so the approach matches changing needs.

She offers sessions mainly online and can arrange face-to-face meetings when suitable; please confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals often find remote sessions helpful for people balancing work, family and other commitments.