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Why I do what I do

AHA – Awareness, Healing, Adaptability – was created because I listened to you and your needs.

During my work with people, around a decade ago, I started to notice something interesting.

For example, I saw that the constant looking at life through the past and the future and not being able to be totally in the present moment is a shared experience. We all fall into this trap. People live in their minds, and in the mind there’s always a conflict going on. People try to think themselves out of their problems, but usually more problems arise.

I also noticed that there is a great fear of the unknown – everyone wants to know exactly what is going to happen, so that they can have a sense of feeling secure and safe. This paradox leads to more insecurity and fear about the future.

Thirdly, I quickly saw that many people avoid their own feelings. We are scared to feel and we don’t know how to be with, process and express our emotions. Because emotions happen in our bodies, we also tend to ignore our physical sensations. This avoidance can lead to all kinds of substance misuse.

All of these things can greatly and negatively impact the quality of one’s life in so many ways. If one is conflicted in their mind, avoids their feelings and is disconnected from their bodies, no matter how successful they might be in the world, they’ll feel like a failure and in great internal distress.

This awareness for me was, and continues to be, a great inspiration and motivation. It inspired me to search for the best ways and tools that I could find. I looked everywhere, searched knowledge, wisdom and techniques from all over the world.

I started with myself, and that’s how I know these methods work. They worked for me and the hundreds of people I worked with.

Now, I am motivated to share from both my knowledge and experience in a unique way, breaking from the traditional Western way of delivering therapy, which sees the individual as “disordered” or “diseased”, and teaches therapists to follow specific steps and fit all people into neat boxes. You are unique, and no box is necessary – on the contrary, you have to grow in your own way and reach your potential outside of boxes.

Violeta Farcas

I bring over 5 years of professional work experience in helping people with stress and anxiety, coping with addictions, trauma and abuse, & motivation, self-esteem, and confidence.

I work with everyone as if we were the best team to create an open and safe environment where anything can be shared without fear of judgment. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support, guide and empower people in reaching their goals.

I have worked with children, young adults, adults, and older people. I have delivered therapy via messaging, phone, face to face, and video. I have had the privilege to work with many diverse people with unique personal characteristics. I have provided psychotherapeutic services in schools, charities, the NHS, and privately.

I am a qualified counsellor, MBACP. My training is in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and I am in the process of applying for BABCP accreditation, for which I am currently eligible as my training has surpassed the requirements for accreditation. At the moment I am a student member of BABCP.

What our clients say

Within 10 minutes Violeta had calmed me down, completely unfazed by my unusual location and uncontrollable finger biting we began to talk. Our conversation moved naturally, flowing without structure in a way that didn’t feel scripted or time bound. I felt listened to and could tell that Violeta had a genuine passion and curiosity to help me dig deeper.

Violeta has helped me to break the cycle of constant negative thoughts and feelings I had become so accustomed to, allowing me to spend more time in the present over the last 6 months than I have in the past 10 years.

Violeta is kind and gentle but stern when you’re unkind to yourself. She’s an incredibly skilled and knowledgeable teacher but listens like a student. We’ve shared laughter, we’ve shared tears and I can honestly say I’ve not only found a great therapist, but I have also made a friend.

Working with Violeta has been an absolute pleasure. I think it is safe to say that even during our first session, she’s created such a safe space where I really felt like I could be vulnerable and share what is going on in my life.

I couldn’t recommend Violeta enough. Having not gelled with therapists before I was so grateful to have found Violeta.

She is an excellent therapist and has got me through some really hard times and I really question what I would of done without her. She is kind, trustworthy, so so lovely and puts her all into the people she is helping. I couldn’t thank her enough.

Violeta has truly been an amazing therapist. I was convinced that I would feel anxiety and low mood for the rest of my life! She helped me understand why that was happening to me and gave me the tools I needed to lift the dark clouds of anxiety and hopelessness that plagued me daily. I am so pleased I met her!

I look back to my mental health when we started our sessions, and the difference between then and now is massive! I want to highlight how Violeta, compared to all other therapists I’ve had, truly showed that she actually cared a lot about me and my life, and to me, that’s worth more than anything!

Violeta was engaged, insightful, intuitive, extremely intelligent, and highly responsive. She listened – really listened – and she helped me break out of a crippling cycle of insomnia and anxiety that was taking a serious toll on my health. I can sleep again, and I can’t even express what that means to me. I can’t recommend her enough.

I had previously done CBT in relation to recovering from an eating disorder and had a negative experience. My work with Violeta has changed my opinion of CBT. It has not only freed me from social anxiety, but it has given me the skills to overcome situations in the future, and the confidence that I can (and I have) change myself.

From feeling like life was becoming too much, now I feel lighter, happier and more like the person I used to be. Violeta has inspired me to keep learning more about the brain, psychology and mental health. I would one day like to be able to help people as much as she has helped me. She is an amazing person!

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