Marcin Maciejewski

Marcin Maciejewski is a counsellor with five years of professional practice in the UK and extensive prior work in therapeutic settings. He aims to make taking the first step into therapy less daunting and supports people who are facing grief, depression, relationship strain, trauma and major life changes. Marcin draws on years of experience in hospices and related care settings to inform his work with people dealing with serious life events.

He has logged roughly three thousand hours helping people with difficult mental health struggles and many more hours in wider supportive roles such as academic mentoring and institutional care. That background shapes a practical, down-to-earth way of working. Sessions focus on building a trusting relationship and using tools that people can use between meetings.

Marcin works with a wide range of concerns including relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and coping with life changes. He also offers help around abandonment, attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, cancer-related distress and family of origin matters. Problems such as dissociation, eating-related difficulties, divorce, domestic violence and codependency are also within his scope.

His approach brings together person-centred, existential, mindfulness-informed cognitive-behavioural techniques (MCBT), focusing, intersubjectivity and Gestalt ideas. He and each client agree on which practical tools to use, such as worksheets, mood charts, journalling and movement or creative expression.

Marcin keeps ongoing supervision and peer support as part of his professional routine. He aims for regular sessions negotiated with each person and responds to messages at set times during the day when possible.

How therapeutic approaches guide online counselling

Person-centred work focuses on listening closely and responding to what matters most to the person. It helps when someone needs acceptance, clearer self-understanding and a supportive place to talk through hard choices.

Mindfulness-informed cognitive-behavioural techniques (MCBT) blend practical exercises with attention skills. This approach teaches ways to notice difficult thoughts and feelings and to try small changes in how you respond to them, which can help with depression, anxiety and stress after loss.

Gestalt and focusing-influenced methods pay attention to bodily experience and present-moment awareness. They use movement, creative expression or directed attention to feelings to help people reconnect with themselves after trauma or significant life change.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which techniques match their needs, goals and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.

If you are considering online work, please confirm the exact session options before booking because the biography does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed and remove travel time. It can also allow different ways of working, such as using worksheets together, shared journalling prompts or guided mindfulness exercises, which translate well to remote sessions.