Luana Maki, BACP

Luana Maki is a BACP counsellor and psychotherapist practising in the United Kingdom with three years of experience. Luana lists stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, ADHD and relationship issues among the concerns they work with. Sessions focus on helping people find practical ways to cope and to make sense of difficult feelings.

Luana describes their approach as integrative, drawing on different methods to suit each person. They use a mix of listening and reflective work to help someone trace patterns from past experience to present difficulties. Conversations move between immediate problems and the influences behind them, depending on what feels most helpful in the moment.

Expect a style that responds to what comes up in the session rather than following a fixed script. Luana attends to emotional reactions, behaviour, and bodily cues and adapts techniques as those elements appear. This might mean slowing down to notice feelings one week and trying a short practical exercise the next.

They also bring mindfulness and solution-focused elements into their practice. Mindfulness work helps with anxiety and stress by encouraging present-moment noticing. Solution-focused techniques support quick, concrete steps when someone needs direction or relief.

Luana works with a range of life concerns including grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, non-monogamous relationship questions, body image, chronic illness or pain, and experiences of domestic violence. People who are exploring sexual identity, kink or alternative sexual cultures may also seek their support.

Language of sessions is English. International clients are not accepted. Before booking, readers should confirm the current session options using the site buttons and questionnaire.

How Luana uses talking therapies online