Counsellor profile
Hana Mandikova, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - trauma and relationships
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 403292
- Experience
- 5 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Person-centred work
- Trauma focus
- Mindfulness methods
About Hana
Hana Mandikova is a BACP-registered counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience and many more years of earlier counselling work. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties and the after-effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports clients dealing with codependency, addiction, grief, career worries and major life changes.
Hana works in a straightforward, person-centred way that focuses on what is happening for someone now. She combines that with trauma-focused thinking to look at how earlier events and family patterns affect current behaviour. Sessions are described plainly and calmly, with room to slow down and notice what feels most pressing.
In practice she listens for patterns such as people-pleasing, trouble saying no, trouble with boundaries and repeated relationship difficulties. Conversations explore how attachment and abandonment issues show up in daily life and relationships. Hana aims to help clients make sense of those patterns and find practical ways to test different behaviours outside sessions.
Her approach uses mindfulness techniques to build moment-to-moment awareness and trauma-focused methods to address past events that keep causing distress. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas about family of origin and relational patterns where these help the work. The overall focus is on clearer self-understanding and workable next steps.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what someone is experiencing now. Online sessions using this approach allow the therapist to track feelings and responses while the client speaks, which helps with clarity and practical problem-solving for relationship and day-to-day issues.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple ways to notice thoughts, body sensations and emotions in the moment. Delivered remotely, these techniques can support anxiety management, reduce reactivity and provide short practices that fit into a busy day.
Trauma-Focused Therapy looks at how past events continue to shape current behaviour and feelings. In online work this often means pacing the conversation carefully, identifying triggers and practising grounding or regulation strategies between sessions.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative step. The therapist will discuss the client's needs, goals and preferences and adapt methods as the work unfolds. That might mean prioritising present-focused coping skills first, then addressing deeper trauma concerns later.
Confirm the exact session options before booking because formats are not specified here. Online work can make attending sessions easier around work and family life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also allow people to practise skills in the settings where they live and then bring observations back into session.
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Also works with
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, grief, addictions and codependency among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a person-centred approach combined with trauma-focused and mindfulness methods to explore present experience and past patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of professional experience in clinical roles plus earlier counselling work in educational, workplace and voluntary settings.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is BACP registered and operates from the United Kingdom.
Which languages does she offer sessions in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule your first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.