Maria Ciocca

I have experience in Social Prescribing and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, having had a caseload of 50+ clients across the two. Our first session will revolve around goal setting and identifying what can help you pursuing them and what are the barriers you are facing in doing so, to then set up a plan of action. Our next meetings will be about discussing progress and reviewing the plan to better fit your commitments or include other goals/ideas you might have. The time between sessions will be at least 2 weeks to let you explore what we discussed about and see what's working and what is not.

The first session will be around the following:
Your motivation to coming to my sessions
Your weekly routine, and a discussion about if you wanted it to change
Identifying any actions you are currently taking which we can build upon
Identifying any barriers that are preventing you from taking action.

The following sessions will focus on matters around:
Things that have been working for you
Things that have not been working for you
New ideas that you would like to try out
Actions you could take to take care of yourself when things do not go your way

My approach is to create a safe space for you to discuss your goals and your setbacks without feeling judged and with a mindset around identifying what went wrong and find ways to improve. Goals setting will not be rigid and strict, rather, it will be tailored on you and adjusted so that it does not feel like a chore but more like a work in progress.