Ariana Luisa
Humanistic counsellor focused on self-exploration
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About Ariana
Ariana Luisa offers humanistic counselling that centres on the person in front of her. She uses open-ended, explorative conversations to help people make sense of their feelings, memories and relationships. Ariana presents herself as a warm, accepting presence during sessions and invites clients to lead the direction of their work together.
Ariana holds an Accredited Diploma in Counselling from the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society, shown as NCPS. She has four years of practice experience.
Background and approach
Sessions are offered to adults in the United Kingdom and are carried out using video and live chat, with messaging available between appointments. Her approach aims to uncover how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current struggles. She talks alongside people about stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem and identity questions.
Other areas covered include trauma and abuse, eating and body image concerns, relationship and communication problems, career stress, and compassion fatigue. Ariana also supports people through life transitions such as divorce, separation and coping with loss. She names additional focus areas including abandonment, attachment issues, dissociation and ageing concerns.
The therapeutic work is presented as exploratory rather than directive, with the person steering which topics matter most. Sessions are available in 30 or 45 minute lengths depending on client needs. Ariana notes her schedule varies week to week and invites people to discuss times that suit them.
The counselling style is non-judgemental and intended to create space for honest self-reflection.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 4
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Registration number
- NCS24-00118
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Existential Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Ariana's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Ariana works with
Everything Ariana lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ariana lists
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How Ariana works online
She also uses elements of psychodynamic and trauma-focused thinking to look at how past experiences influence present patterns. Psychodynamic ideas involve talking about memories and unconscious patterns that can affect current behaviour. Trauma-Focused approaches aim to help people understand and process difficult or distressing events at a pace they can manage.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and will adapt the style of sessions accordingly. This is a collaborative process where the person and therapist decide what feels most useful.
If you are considering online therapy, check which session formats are available before booking as the biography lists video and live chat, with messaging between sessions. Confirm current session options when you start so you can fit sessions into a busy life. Online work can make it easier to schedule appointments around work, reduce travel time and allow shorter or more flexible check-ins when needed.
Questions and answers
What concerns does Ariana specialise in?
She focuses on issues such as stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem and identity questions. The list also includes trauma and abuse, eating and body image concerns, relationship and communication problems, and career stress.
What is her style of therapy like?
Her work is humanistic and client-centred, using open-ended exploration to help people make sense of feelings and memories. She encourages people to lead the pace and topics of sessions while offering empathetic listening.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years of counselling experience working with adults. That experience is used to guide exploratory conversations rather than to give direct advice.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an Accredited Diploma in Counselling with the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society, shown as NCPS, and practises with clients in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients and works with people located in the United Kingdom.
How are sessions structured and what do they cost?
Sessions are offered as 30 or 45 minute appointments and use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time; costs vary with location and therapist availability.
What should I do to begin therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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