Marita Lashko, BACP

Marita Lashko is a BACP-accredited therapist with 13 years of clinical experience working across the United Kingdom. She has provided adult services in a doctors' surgery, supported clients through a low-cost charity, maintained a private practice, and worked in schools with parents, staff, and pupils. Based in London, she works with multicultural communities and, drawing on her own European heritage, appreciates the influence of cultural diversity on wellbeing.

Marita has supported people through a wide range of concerns including anxiety, stress, grief and loss, depression, low self-esteem, self-harm, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting and family issues, anger, career-related stress, and coping with life changes. Her practice takes an integrative approach with a relational foundation grounded in person-centered values. She also draws on solution-focused, psychodynamic, and trauma-focused methods, alongside mindfulness techniques and psychoeducation to help clients understand the mind-body connection.

Her therapeutic style is marked by compassion and respect, and she emphasizes the courage involved in seeking help. Sessions are designed as a reflective space to explore feelings, build self-awareness and emotional regulation, and set meaningful goals. Marita collaborates with clients to map out next steps and supports them in pursuing change at a pace that feels manageable and authentic.

Approaches and Online Support with Marita Lashko

Marita combines evidence-informed methods to tailor therapy to each person. Client-centered therapy focuses on building a trusting therapeutic relationship where the therapist listens without judgment and helps the client clarify values and goals - it is useful for issues like low self-esteem, life transitions, and general emotional support. Psychodynamic therapy explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns influence current feelings and relationships, which can be helpful for deep-seated relationship issues, recurring emotional patterns, and understanding long-standing distress. Trauma-focused therapy concentrates on helping people process and integrate traumatic experiences safely, supporting recovery from trauma and abuse and the emotional effects that follow.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Marita works with clients to identify their needs, preferences, and goals and adjusts methods over time so the therapy fits the individual rather than forcing a single model.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility - clients can meet by video call, speak by phone, or use live chat or text-based messaging depending on what feels most accessible. This range of options makes it easier to maintain continuity of care around work, family, and other commitments while receiving consistent support from licensed professionals and therapists.