Marysa De Veer , NCPS

Marysa De Veer is a licensed therapist with seven years of professional practice and more than 30 years of personal growth experience. She works from a warm, person-centered perspective that blends empathy with practical tools, guiding people through anxiety, grief, relationship difficulties, trauma, and a wide range of life transitions.

Marysa draws on a variety of evidence-informed methods and creative practices to support healing. She uses gentle inner child work, meditation and grounding techniques, and creative exercises such as music or bookbinding to help clients access new ways of understanding and expressing themselves. Her sessions combine reflective listening with concrete skills so people can feel more resilient in everyday life.

Her background includes living in Nigeria, Congo, Kenya, the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom, and running a social enterprise in The Gambia, experiences that shape her appreciation for cultural and spiritual diversity in healing. As a Kora musician and a teacher of bookbinding, she often brings artistic approaches into therapy when they suit a client's needs.

Marysa holds NCPS accreditation with the National Counselling Society and a Diploma in Emotional Therapeutic Counselling. She has specialized training in suicide and self-harm support, maintains professional insurance, and engages in regular supervision. She accepts clients in the United Kingdom and internationally, and offers therapy tailored to each person's goals and circumstances.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and focuses on taking steps that match personal values. It can be helpful for anxiety, stress, and life changes where someone wants to build a more meaningful routine.

Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships influence current patterns in connection and emotion. This approach is useful for relationship struggles, intimacy-related issues, abandonment concerns, and attachment difficulties, helping people understand and reshape relational responses.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and a non-directive stance so that the client leads the pace and focus of work. It supports self-exploration, self-esteem growth, and recovery from trauma by creating space for personal insight and choice.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Marysa collaborates with each person to select methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors interventions and adjusts techniques over time so therapy remains relevant and effective.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or across different locations. Working online can increase access to consistent support from licensed professionals while allowing for different communication styles and pacing that suit the individual.