Ioana Mitrache, BACP
8 years in practice
Ioana Mitrache is a counsellor with eight years of practice based in the United Kingdom.
License and registration
- BACP
- 374795 · expires June 2026
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English, Romanian
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Ioana
Ioana Mitrache is a counsellor with eight years of practice based in the United Kingdom. She works in English and Romanian and holds BACP registration, bringing a straightforward, relational style to sessions. Ioana focuses on helping people find clarity and steadiness when life feels chaotic or overwhelming.
Her approach combines systemic thinking with attachment-aware ideas and client-centred care. That means she looks at patterns in relationships and family history, and listens for what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to identify repeating difficulties and practical ways to change them. Ioana draws on a range of approaches including cognitive behavioural and dialectical skills when helpful. She uses techniques to address unhelpful thoughts, build emotional regulation, and improve communication.
EMDR is also listed among her methods for trauma-related work. People come to Ioana for many reasons - stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, or trouble sleeping and eating. She also supports work on identity issues such as LGBT concerns, attachment wounds, and body image.
Additional focus areas include parenting strains, career change, and caring responsibilities. Sessions are offered in several formats to fit different lives. Clients can use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
International clients may be seen, and practical steps are used to set goals and measure progress as therapy continues.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Ioana lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ioana names
- Systemic Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches in online practice
Ioana uses systemic ideas to look at how relationships and family patterns shape current difficulties. This approach helps spot repeating behaviours and interactions that keep problems going, and supports working on practical changes in how you connect with others.She also draws on attachment-based work, which focuses on how early bonds influence how a person relates now. That can help when someone struggles with trust, fear of abandonment, or emotional distance. Client-centred therapy rounds out her practice by prioritising the person's own goals and pace, with the counsellor offering empathic listening and support while clients lead the process.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Ioana collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals and preferences. Together they review what is helping and adjust the plan as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit busy lives. Video lets people read facial cues and have deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging work well for brief check-ins, ongoing reflection, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options aim to make therapy more accessible and to fit around work, caring roles and travel.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Ioana help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting stresses, anger, career worries and ADHD among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is relational and client-centred, with attention to family patterns and attachment. She combines practical skills work with exploration of past and present relationships to find useful change.
What is her professional background?
She has eight years of clinical experience working with a wide range of issues and uses an integrative approach that blends systemic and attachment-based ideas with other therapies.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She is based in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Romanian, and she is able to work with international clients.
What session formats are available?
Clients can meet by video call, phone session, live chat, or via text-based messaging depending on what suits them best.
How are fees handled?
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