Mihaela Oceanu, BACP

Mihaela Oceanu is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She holds an MA and has practised for 13 years, including more than four years working in the United Kingdom and over 800 hours of direct client work there. She speaks English and Romanian and accepts international clients.

Mihaela focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and grief. She also helps with intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, parenting strain, anger, and coping with life changes. Her additional interests include attachment difficulties, communication problems, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, isolation, and finding life purpose.

Her approach is person-centred and practical. She uses Client-Centred Therapy alongside Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, hypnotherapy, mindfulness and solution-focused techniques to help people set goals and try small, manageable changes. Sessions typically include defining goals, planning actions and checking progress in follow-up meetings.

Mihaela describes herself as calm, patient and attentive. She aims to treat people with respect and compassion while paying attention to detail. She offers behavioural health education and has experience with crisis intervention as part of her work.

If someone is unsure about next steps she asks them to start with a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to the therapist's availability. The counselling uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s perspective at the heart of sessions. It focuses on listening, empathy and helping people discover their own solutions, which can suit worries about relationships, self-esteem and life changes.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to reduce anxiety, panic attacks, social phobia and low mood.

Mindfulness Therapy encourages simple, present-moment practices to reduce rumination and stress. It can be useful alongside practical CBT work when sleeping or worry are problems.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to identify which approaches fit a person’s goals and preferences, and adapts methods as progress is tracked.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into everyday life, such as using a break at work or avoiding travel time. Different ways of meeting can affect how a session feels - some formats suit quieter check-ins or shorter communications while others support longer conversation and practical exercises. The biography does not list specific session formats, so check current options before booking to choose the one that best fits your routine.