Marianna Trezza
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About me
"Before I started the counselling, I was worried about telling people about my problems. I was put completely at ease. I did not think it would help me. But I was wrong... Marianna's understanding helped me talk things through, letting me work out myself but being there for me if I needed her. I could tell her lots of things and not be judged. It helped me so much, I have only got great praise for Marianna."
I'm a highly experienced psychotherapist offering counselling, art therapy and somatic therapy to children, adults, couples and families. I offer sessions online or in a walk and talk setting.
With over 20 years of clinical experience helping with issues such as abuse, trauma, anxiety, addictions, anger, relationship problems, family issues and low self worth.
I can help you to change your limiting believes that prevent you from reaching your goals so you can amplify your life success.
As an accredited integrative humanistic therapist, I see you as having innate resources and potential to draw on and develop. I believe that we have the answers we need within us that need to be discovered, we can be trusted to find our own way out of our difficulties, we have a natural tendency to grow and change
Over two decades of practice, I've developed a deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by those who choose to live abroad.
- Cultural differences that catch you off-guard
- Language barriers limiting self-expression
- Career setbacks despite your qualifications
- Feeling out of sync with both your new home and your birthplace
- Guilt about missing important events back home
- Stress and anxiety from constant adaptation
- Fear of missing out as life moves on without you
- Identity struggles: Where do you truly belong?
- Balancing career ambitions with family life
- Navigating relationships across borders
- Planning for retirement between two worlds
- Coping with aging parents from afar.
As your therapist, I offer a safe space to explore these complex emotions and challenges.
Together, we'll work on:
- Developing strategies to thrive in your new environment
- Reconciling your multicultural identity
- Building meaningful connections despite geographical distances
- Creating a fulfilling life that honours both your past and your chosen path
Whether you're in the initial stages of your expat journey or grappling with long-term residence abroad, I'm here to support you. Let's transform the challenges of expat life into opportunities for growth and self-discovery.
What can you expect from counselling?
A peaceful and creative space in which you can find the answers that are right for you and develop your own unique potential. I try my best to understand how the world looks through your eyes, what feels like to be in your shoes. I accept you as you are, without judgement. I will not tell you what to do but "walk" alongside you, following your path, assisting you in finding your own solutions. I will provide a safe, understanding and supportive relationship.
Arts Therapy
Using the arts in sessions can be helpful in expressing feelings that are difficult to talk about. It can also help us to unlock creative energy and find new solutions. I also offer Walk and Talk Therapy.
Imagine a therapy where nature becomes your mirror, reflecting your inner world in vibrant, unexpected ways. Welcome to Nature Alignment – a transformative approach that blurs the lines between you and the world around you.
In the lush surroundings of Hampstead Heath, you'll:
- Uncover hidden aspects of yourself in the whisper of leaves and the dance of shadows
- Challenge fixed ideas about who you are and what you're meant to do
- Break free from ego-driven patterns and embrace your authentic self
- Connect deeply with all forms of life, expanding your sense of belonging
- As you open your senses to the world as it truly is, you'll gain profound insights into your deeper self.
Ready to see your reflection in the wild mirror of nature? Join me for a Nature Alignment session and step into a more connected, authentic version of yourself.
Pet Therapy
In my therapy room there are cats that can be part of the healing process, should you choose too. Cats can be kept away should you not want them in the therapy room.
Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy is a unique therapeutic process. It is a healing by trance state of awareness. Hypnotherapy attempts to address the client's subconscious mind. The hypnotherapist is a guide facilitating our inborn ability to change as desired, because all the power is already in the mind us through experiencing hypnosis. In addition to accessing our inner potential, hypnotherapy also addresses our inner resources to effect beneficial changes. It is the innate healing capacity of our own body that may be stimulated by hypnotherapy.
Hypnotherapy - the way I work
I guide you in a relaxed state by utilising a wide range of techniques from story telling, metaphor or symbolism, whatever is meaningful for you, to also offering direct suggestions for beneficial change. I also teach you self-hypnosis. Some hypnotherapy techniques attempt to uncover problems deemed to lie in our past life or hypnotherapy might concentrate more on our present life.
Hypnotherapy can help with:
- Panic attacks, anxiety and stress
- Sleeping problems
- Anxious about pain (e.g. giving birth, IBS)
- Lack of confidence and low self-esteem
- Fear of examinations, Driving test, Public speaking and performance anxiety
- Phobias and fear (e.g. of heights, of flying, of Dentists)
- Unwanted habits (e.g. Smoking, overeating)
Training, qualifications & experience
My qualifications
- "Wild Mirrors" Workshop: Gained tools to guide clients in accessing intuition and interpreting symbolic language for deeper self-awareness and healing.
- "The Playful Heart" Workshop: Integrated creative movement and heart-centred metaphors for transformative therapeutic impact.
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling CPCAB accredited, City & Islington College, London.
- Advanced Hypnotherapy Diploma GHSC and CMA validated, Holistic Healing College, London.
- Allergies, Phobias and Energy Psychology Techniques Certificate, CMA validated, Holistic Healing College, London.
- Spiritual Life Coaching Certificate CMA validated, Holistic Healing College, London.
- I studied at Universita' degli Studi di Salerno in Italy to and beyond degree level in Communication and Media Studies but majored in Psychology.
My clinical experience
I started to work with teenagers in 2003, at Youthreach in Greenwich, London, and then worked with vulnerable adults at Mind in Tower of Hamlets, London. I have also worked with children at The Place2Be in Cricklewood, London. I have been practising for more than fifteen years Counselling, Hypnotherapy and Life Coaching exclusively in private practice, in North London and Harley Street.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I specialise in looking at the links between organic illness/discomfort/pain and emotional distress. e.g. hormonal imbalance, pre-menopause, menopause.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£100.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
The initial counselling session, both online and in person, is set at £100 and lasts an hour and an half circa. Subsequent appointments are £100 for 50 minutes counselling session.
Hypnotherapy sessions are longer and take time to plan and prepare your individual hypnotherapy needs. Hypnotherapy is charged £100 per session (five sessions paid in advanced are charged £450).
I offer an initial 20 minutes telephone call.
20% of my work is for people who are interested in self-growth but cannot afford it. Once that share is full, I have a waiting list for concessions.
When I work
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Further information
I am in a regular supervision and I am committed to Continuous Professional Counselling Development Training as I like to give always the best to my clients. My practice is also fully insured.
Alignment with Nature and Walk and Talk sessions are held in Hampstead Heath (NW5 London) rain or shine. Please wear appropriate clothing accordingly to the weather.
Uncover the transformative power of our sessions through the voices of those who have walked this path before you!
"...realising more and more the depth and magic of the journey we've taken. I almost hope to feel unwell again so I can come back"
"That toolbox, after many years, is still my strength to overcome my limitations"
"You saw my potential, not my autism"
"I learned to not be frightened by my thoughts, to accept them and normalise them but also say what I really think"
"I now eat my own life with taste"
"Receiving an adrenaline shot into the psyche"
"Working out by myself but being there for me if needed" "
Metaphoric fog lifted"
"Reflection on my own worlds and how those are interconnected"
“Path of transformation”
“More human, less constructed”
“Empowerment”
“Curiosity to rediscover myself again”
“More spontaneous”
“More confident”
“Completely at ease”
“Better relationships”
“Warm internal space”
“Stronger”
"Freer"
“Internal peace"
“Not judged”
These testimonials reflect the transformative journeys my clients have experienced. Among those I've had the privilege to guide, a unique group has emerged - individuals who've left their home countries to live abroad.
