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- Stress and anxiety
- CBT and mindfulness
- Workplace concerns
About Maria
ACA counsellor Maria Wallgren has seven years of clinical experience in Australia. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, self-esteem, depression and coping with life changes. Maria offers practical tools alongside conversation to help people manage day-to-day pressures and difficult emotions.
Maria draws on Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Narrative and Solution-Focused approaches. Sessions are framed around what a person wants to change and how they want to feel. She encourages people to name small, achievable steps and to reflect on the stories they tell about themselves.
Her background includes work in corporate, higher education, psychiatric and not-for-profit settings in Australia and Europe. That experience informs her attention to workplace issues, multicultural concerns and transnational counselling themes. Maria has worked with people from a variety of cultural backgrounds and pays attention to how culture shapes relationships and roles.
In sessions she listens for patterns that cause ongoing distress, and then tries practical strategies to interrupt those patterns. Techniques might include reframing unhelpful thoughts, testing out new behaviours, and using simple mindfulness exercises to settle the nervous system. She also helps people work through guilt, shame, forgiveness and control issues.
Maria is fluent in English and identifies an interest in reducing stigma around mental illness. For people considering therapy she asks clients to start with a short matching questionnaire and a first session to agree goals and a plan. The subscription-based payment model can be cancelled at any time.
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How her approaches translate to online sessions
Maria commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centred Therapy in her work. CBT involves identifying and testing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on attentive listening and helping people articulate their goals and values.She also draws on mindfulness techniques to teach simple grounding exercises that calm the nervous system. Mindfulness can help with panic attacks, rumination and day-to-day stress by training attention and breathing practices.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Maria will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. That discussion happens in the first sessions and can be adjusted as therapy proceeds.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy day, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Many people use online sessions to maintain continuity of care while juggling work, family and study commitments. If you need a specific session type, check the available formats before you schedule.
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Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, self-esteem and depression. Additional areas include communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and workplace concerns.
What approach does she use in sessions?
Her work draws on Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, Narrative and Solution-Focused Therapy. Sessions combine listening with practical exercises and reflection.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience working in Australia and Europe across corporate, higher education, psychiatric and not-for-profit settings. That range informs her work with workplace and multicultural issues.
What credentials and location details are relevant?
She holds ACA as a credential and practises in Australia. The ACA credential is shown exactly as provided.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and the service uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Specific fees are provided during the sign-up process.
How do I start a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. The initial session is used to agree goals and a plan.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the urgent help numbers.