From Person to Presence:
My Journey through Honey & Ash; back to Onenness.

My name is Maria. I am a seer, a mother, and a neurodivergent creator. As a somatically attuned psychotherapist and a descendant of the Minoans, I am a fierce holder of sacred space. But I am not just a collection of labels. I am living this path in a deeply embodied way. I have been burned out. I have been broken open by motherhood and migration. I know what it’s like when the old maps no longer make sense.

Presence Centred Psychotherapy™ and the Ancient Mother Spiral were born from that very fire.

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The Cry of Separation

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As a psychotherapist trained in the non-pathologizing Person Centred Approach, I was taught to walk alongside clients without judgment. Yet, even in that space, I felt a subtle separation. The real healing, I saw, happened in the cracks between theories; in moments of pure, shared humanity.

Beneath the surface of my clients' stories, I began to hear a deeper, more painful truth than anxiety or depression could name. It was the constant, low hum of loneliness, even when surrounded by loved ones. It was the burnout of wearing a mask every single day. It was the despair of feeling disconnected from your own body and purpose. I realized this was the "cry of separation"- an unspoken pain for a home you feel you've never known.

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I recognized that same cry in myself. In 2019, a consciousness shift initiated a two-year "dark night of the soul" that was not a crisis, but an answer—the very medicine that dissolved my own perpetual seeking and healed that fundamental separation. This birthed the Presence Centered Psychotherapy and ever since my own deepenig on the spiritual path the ASM was further born. 

The Ancient Mother Spiral wasn't an invention; or some distant concept. it was an intelligence I deeper remembered. It landed in my body after a deep mystical experience with my ancestors, born from listening to the Earth and to the unmet needs of minds that think in spirals and rhizomes not lines. It is the map I wished I’d had—and my answer to the question: How do we compost our pain into power in these turbulent times?

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What Makes This Work a Sanctuary for Your Soul

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Many approaches focus on healing trauma. Others focus on spiritual awakening. My work is rare because it does not separate the two. Here, your deepest wounds become the portal to your most profound wisdom.

• I Am a guide and friend on your path, not a Distant Expert. I don’t offer solutions from afar. I walk with you into the heart of your own experience, holding a steady and fierce presence as you birth your own truth.

• We Alchemize Pain into Power. We don’t bypass the darkness. We honour the "ash" of your trauma and burnout, composting it into the "honey" of your authentic power and embodied wisdom.

• Mystical Depth Meets Clinical Safety. This is a sanctuary where my lived mystical experiences are grounded in a master's level understanding of trauma and the nervous system. Your spirit and your psyche are equally safe here.

• This Work Was Forged in My Own Fire. I am not just a guide; I am a living testament to this path. I know the territory of both honey and ash intimately because I have traveled it myself.​

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The Invitation: A Path for Your Whole Self

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I don't heal you—you are NOT broken. My duty and task is to help you listen to the rhythm of your wisdom and trust the truth of who you are.

This approach resonates most deeply with:

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• Women/men reclaiming their power from their conditioning.

• Mothers/ fathers navigating the intense initiatory journey of parenting.

• Neurodivergent souls seeking understanding beyond conventional frameworks.

• Healers, therapists, and those on a spiritual path to wholeness.

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If you feel the pull toward a deeper connection, I would be honored to walk with you. The revolution of presence awaits.

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Training and Qualifications

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College of Sound Healing 

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Sound Healing practitioner Diploma with the voice : College of Sound Healing

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Keele University 

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MSc Counselling Psychology (Distinction; 2yrs) Bacp Accredited course
Post Graduate Certificate in Counselling Supervision (Keele University)- Qualified supervisor (1yr)

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Salford University

PostGraduate Certificate in Academic Practice

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University of Rethymnon, Crete

BSc Philosophy and Social Studies (1st Honours; 4yrs)

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Other training 

• The Ancestral Healing Code" Thomas Huebl - Completed 2025.

• Spiritual/self Inquiry since 2008 - ongoing ( Exploring the nature of consciousness; our sense "I am"). Embodied HeartInquiry, guiding people to embodied Self-Realisation -

• Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Facilitation Training

• Sound Healing Training with the Voice - 

• Foundation in Shamanic Practice - ongoing practice 

• Foundation Certificate in Group Analysis -Group Analysis North; (1y)

• Compassion Focused Therapy Training - level 2

• Focusing Oriented Psychotherapy Training - Level 2

• Reiki Energy Healing - Level 2

• Intergenerational trauma with Mark Wollyn - CPD and ongoing investment and direct experience 

• Certificate in constellation work of Bert Hellinger 

• CPD in Somatic Experiencing with Peter Levine​

• Sacred Rage with Jennifer Mullan 

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Training and Qualifications

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I am an experienced psychotherapist with over 16 years of experience ,as well as a supervisor to therapists and space-holders, trainer , writer in studies of consciousness and a mystic poet. The heart of my work is rooted in what I embody. My journey of healing intergenerational trauma—guided intuitively and spirit-led—has shaped how I hold space for others.I continue to deepen this path through both ongoing study and inner work, integrating ancestral wisdom with embodied presence.

My approach is grounded in what contemplative traditions call the Universal Heart—offering you a space to meet life’s challenges with compassion, clarity, and grace.

I'll meet you there.

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Beyond Individual Sessions

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I offer community spaces where this work ripples outward, and which will be integrated into one community in the imminent future. So far they have been for:​ 

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• Supervision for Practitioners , integrarting spirituality and therapy, meeting monthly for FREE . Find this in my "supervision" section.

• Monthly Alchemy circle for women at low cost 

• 6 week containers to experience the spiral -find this in my offers for women

• AMS ( Ancient Mother Spiral Framework) in more depth, or enquire if you wish to experience this methodology in more depth. Length 1.5hrs