About Me

The psychotherapy that I offer is based on my belief, that whatever brings you to considering therapy – a need for change, unhappiness with aspects of your life or the wish to explore and understand yourself more, you are the expert on being you, and on the uniqueness of that experience. My aim, as a therapist is to offer a space for you to tell your story, reflect on it and consider how maybe there is an alternative story that needs telling so, creating opportunities for change in the future.
Alongside my work as a therapist, I am an experienced qualified clinical supervisor. I bring the same beliefs, values and understandings to this role, offering space for us to explore the complex relationships and other issues that can emerge in supervision. I have also worked as a tutor / facilitator on a Psychotherapy MSc training course – this proved a powerful educative experience for me as well as the trainees and has contributed to the deepening of my therapeutic understanding and practice.
As an integrative psychotherapist my work is based on an understanding of human experience from a relational / developmental perspective. I have learned from my training and experience that how we grow into ourselves and form our sense of who we are, is influenced by our experiences with other people and the world that we encounter right from the start. But therapy is not just about the past, the issues that often prompt people to seek help are very much in the present, so understanding what these are and their meaning must be part of the work that we do.
I have worked as psychotherapist since 2010 in statutory and voluntary settings and have a background in secondary mental health services since 1998 where I worked in a range of roles, gaining a broad experience of working with people experiencing distress and mental ill-health, particularly related to abuse and trauma. Additionally, my work at university counselling and therapy service gave me the opportunity to work with people from a widely diverse population – a privilege and an education in so many ways.
Also important to me is having a role in the development and growth of my profession. I have offered clinical supervision to psychotherapists and counsellors since 2018.
Through regular supervision and undertaking various trainings, I continue to develop my understanding of what it is to be human and how we come to be who we are. They also support my belief that therapy is about you, beginning to write your story – sometimes taking it back from those who have written it for you.

You can contact me by emailing me on: mja.libertas@gmail.com or by phone: 07503214380

I work with

• Individuals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

Types of Therapies Offered

• Integrative Psychotherapist