Shamiso Mazaiwana , BACP

Shamiso Mazaiwana provides counselling and supportive care for people navigating mental health challenges, offering help in person as well as through telephone and video sessions. She works with individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, and stress, and supports those coping with bereavement and loss. Shamiso also assists clients facing relationship difficulties, pregnancy-related concerns or complications, hoarding disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Her practice emphasizes accessible, practical support delivered across multiple formats so that people can access help in the way that suits them best. Shamiso aims to create a calm, steady space where clients can explore their concerns and develop strategies to manage difficult emotions and situations. By combining direct therapeutic work with compassionate listening, she helps people move toward clearer thinking, healthier relationships, and improved coping in everyday life.

Therapeutic Approaches and Remote Support

Shamiso uses client-centered therapy to place the person’s experience at the heart of the work, offering empathic listening and support so clients feel heard and respected while exploring their concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and to build practical strategies for managing anxiety, low mood, and stress. Motivational Interviewing supports people who are ambivalent about change by exploring their goals and strengthening their own motivation to take steps forward.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Shamiso works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and may adapt techniques over time as progress is made. This collaborative process helps ensure therapy fits each person’s circumstances and readiness for change.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, or through live chat and text-based messaging - making it easier to fit support into busy schedules and to connect from different locations. For many people, these options increase accessibility while preserving the core therapeutic relationship with a licensed professional or therapist.