Counsellor profile
Livia Maria Nestianu, BACP
Counsellor - Anxiety and Trauma
See online counselling options- ACT
- CBT
- Attachment work
About Livia
Counsellor Livia Maria Nestianu is a BACP member with five years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She works with people on a wide range of difficulties including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, low self esteem and mood disorders such as depression and bipolar. She also supports people facing career change, addiction, ADHD and compassion fatigue. Sessions are offered in English and Romanian.
Livia trained first in psychology before moving into counselling. She describes her work as integrative, drawing on several well known approaches to suit each person. In practice this means a mix of talking-based methods and attention to how feelings show up in the body.
In sessions she listens to what matters most and then uses approaches such as cognitive behavioural techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based perspectives and somatic noticing. That can include looking at thought patterns, noticing body sensations and exploring relationship history that shapes current problems.
People may come for short-term work focused on a specific problem, or for longer conversations about ongoing patterns. Livia notes that some clients want practical coping tools while others prefer to look at underlying attachment or trauma issues. She adapts what she offers to what the person says they need.
Practical matters such as cost are handled through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, follow the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and book a first session.
How Livia uses therapeutic approaches in online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without trying to fight them and choosing actions that match personal values. It can help with anxiety, avoidance and problems that keep repeating.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape how people relate now. It helps when relationship patterns, trust or fears of abandonment are causing distress.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, works on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing different ways of behaving. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and practical coping strategies.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with each person about goals and preferences and agree which methods to try. That discussion is collaborative and may change as therapy progresses.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work and caring duties, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help people who prefer not to use video by offering quieter or lower-bandwidth ways to connect, subject to the formats Livia provides.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Romanian
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and bipolar alongside relationship and intimacy issues. Career change, addictions and ADHD are also listed areas of focus.
What style of counselling does she use?
She describes an integrative approach that blends client-centred methods with cognitive behavioural ideas, acceptance and commitment techniques, attachment-based work and somatic noticing.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of experience working in the United Kingdom in counselling and related psychological roles.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and Romanian.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What formats are available for sessions?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and starting a first session handled?
Fees vary with location and are billed via a subscription which can be cancelled at any time. To start, use the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.