Nicoleta Porojanu, BACP

Nicoleta Porojanu is a counsellor with 19 years of experience in mental health and wellbeing. She works from the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration. Nicoleta draws on many roles she has held across clinical, voluntary and private settings to support people through hard times.

Her background includes work in palliative care, management of residential and supported living mental health services, and private practice counselling and psychotherapy. She also speaks from personal experience of childhood trauma and a cancer diagnosis, which inform her compassionate way of working. Her practice focuses on relationship strain, family issues, trauma and abuse, grief and coping with life changes, including midlife transitions.

Nicoleta uses a blend of approaches to suit each person. She offers Client-Centred work that prioritises the person’s own goals and pace. She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) tools to spot and shift unhelpful thinking and behaviour. Mindfulness-based practices are woven in to help with grounding and present-moment awareness.

Sessions aim to make difficult material easier to talk about and to build practical skills for everyday life. Nicoleta often helps people address attachment and abandonment concerns, communication and commitment issues, and the emotional fallout of illness or caregiving stress. She also supports work around body image, codependency, chronic pain and family of origin struggles.

People find the first steps are practical and straightforward: follow the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability. Costs vary by location and the service uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s own concerns and goals at the heart of each session. It involves active listening and reflection so the individual feels heard and can decide the pace and direction of work. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps people spot patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep problems going, and teaches practical strategies to change those patterns. Mindfulness Therapy focuses on present-moment awareness and simple practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. That exploration can take place over a few sessions so people can try different tools and decide what helps most.

The original profile does not specify which online session formats are offered, so please confirm available formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around daily life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to use mindfulness exercises, worksheets and journalling between meetings, helping people integrate new habits into everyday routines.