Dr. Persa Maerz

Dr. Persa Maerz welcomes people who are facing difficult life changes and relationship stress. She writes simply and directly to people taking a first step, and she aims to make the first session easier to manage. Dr. Maerz works with adults on issues such as anxiety, low mood, grief and coping with separation. She also supports people dealing with sleep problems, addictions, and questions about identity and intimacy.

She trained as a clinician and has nine years of practice in the United Kingdom, and she is registered with the HCPC. Her background includes work with young people in child and adolescent mental health services as well as adult services. She has held consultant, lead and supervisory roles in clinics and services and offers supervision and teaching alongside therapeutic work.

In sessions she combines practical problem solving with a focus on how you experience and relate to yourself and others. She uses client-centred listening to hear what matters most to you. She also draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to help change unhelpful thinking and DBT skills to manage strong emotions.

Her work also includes psychodynamic thinking about patterns that repeat across relationships, and mindfulness tools to help calm the body and mind. Therapy is tailored to the person and to the problem, whether that is trauma, relationship breakdown, parenting strain or cultural adjustment.

Dr. Maerz accepts international clients and conducts work in English. If you want to explore therapy or clinical supervision she asks that you take a short matching step to begin and then arrange sessions around what fits your life.

Practical approaches for online therapy and getting started

Dr. Maerz uses client-centred therapy to prioritise what you want to work on, listening closely and helping you set the pace. This approach is helpful when you need space to be heard and to decide goals that matter to you.

She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small experiments. CBT is often useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with stressful life events such as separation.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with you to choose methods that match your needs, goals and preferences, and can adapt the mix of listening, skills and reflection as you go.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can help you fit therapy into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce the need to travel to appointments. Registered and accredited professionals can support the same kinds of therapeutic work remotely, while adapting practical details to suit your daily routine.