Counsellor profile
Shamiso Mazaiwana, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - relationships and anxiety
Continue with ShamisoWhere Shamiso stands
- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 383867
- Experience
- 7 years
- Languages
- English, Shona
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Client-centred work
- Cognitive behavioural tools
- Trauma-informed approach
About Shamiso
Shamiso Mazaiwana is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with seven years' experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties, and supports those dealing with grief, trauma and issues around intimacy and family of origin. Her practice also includes help for people struggling with codependency and attachment concerns.
Shamiso offers practical conversations that focus on the here and now. She uses straightforward techniques to help people make sense of what is happening to them and to try different ways of responding. Sessions can include exploring thoughts and patterns, looking at how past relationships affect today, and setting small goals to try between meetings.
Her approach draws on client-centred ideas that prioritise the person's experience, cognitive behavioural techniques for working with unhelpful thoughts, and psychodynamic thinking to look at deeper relationship patterns. Solution-focused tools are used when someone wants concrete steps and quick changes. Motivational interviewing helps when a person is unsure about making or maintaining changes.
Shamiso has worked with people facing bereavement, hoarding behaviours, obsessive-compulsive concerns, pregnancy complications, and the stresses of caregiving and immigration. She also supports people dealing with midlife shifts, financial strain, jealousy and infidelity issues. Language options include English and Shona.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps clarify priorities and suggest a first appointment. Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. International clients are accepted, and prospective clients are advised to confirm current session options before booking.
How sessions work
How Shamiso uses therapy approaches online
Client-centred therapy focuses on the person's own experience and makes space for them to describe what matters. It helps when someone needs to be heard and to explore how they feel about relationships and stressors.Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) works on noticing and changing thoughts and behaviours that cause distress. It is helpful for anxiety, low mood and patterns like people-pleasing or avoidance by offering clear techniques and exercises to try between sessions.
Motivational interviewing supports someone who feels stuck or uncertain about change. It uses gentle questions to draw out personal goals and strengths so small steps feel manageable.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and decide together which methods match the person's goals and preferences. That choice can shift as issues come into focus and progress is reviewed.
The biography lists face-to-face, telephone and video counselling as formats offered, so confirm which of these are currently available before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings around work, reduce travel time, or choose shorter check-ins when needed. A simple matching questionnaire is used to plan the first appointment and to help identify the best way to work together.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Shona
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family of origin issues, trauma and grief, and intimacy-related problems among other concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions mix client-centred listening with practical techniques from CBT and solution-focused work. Psychodynamic ideas and motivational interviewing are also used when helpful.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years' experience working in counselling and support roles with a range of presenting problems.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Shona, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography mentions face-to-face, telephone and video counselling; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a 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.