Shamiso Mazaiwana, BACP

Shamiso Mazaiwana is a counsellor who focuses on practical, person-centred support. She uses straightforward conversation to help people cope with anxiety, depression, stress and relationship difficulties. Shamiso speaks English and Shona and works from the United Kingdom.

Her approach combines client-centred listening with practical strategies from cognitive behavioural therapy. She also draws on motivational interviewing and psychodynamic ideas when helpful. Sessions are aimed at making day-to-day life more manageable and easing the pressure of big changes.

Shamiso has seven years of experience working with people facing bereavement, trauma and abuse, and complications around pregnancy. She has supported clients with hoarding concerns and obsessive-compulsive behaviours. Her background includes helping people who feel isolated, overwhelmed by caregiving, or stuck after separation and infidelity.

She also addresses concerns such as low self-esteem, intimacy-related worries, money and career stress, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include abandonment and attachment issues, blended family tensions, and migration-related pressures. The work often mixes short-term practical plans with conversations about past patterns that affect current relationships.

Shamiso is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. To begin, people are asked to use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

How these approaches work online and in conversation

Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to the person. It helps people feel heard and begin to sort out priorities in their life. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety, low mood and unhelpful habits. Motivational interviewing is a collaborative way of exploring what someone wants to change and building small steps toward that goal.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals and preferences and try different ways of working until a good fit is found. This is a shared process that can shift over time as needs change.

The original biography mentions face-to-face, telephone and video counselling, so please confirm which formats suit you before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around family, work or caregiving commitments. Telephone sessions can be useful when bandwidth or camera use is difficult, while video sessions allow for face-to-face conversation when that helps. The focus remains on practical steps and making therapy fit into everyday life rather than on a specific platform.