Since commencing private practice Dr Thompson has worked with nearly 1,000 clients (as of September 2022).   Several have provided their comments and views about their engagement with Dr Thompson and the service they have received.  Those not engaged in long term therapy typically complete treatment within 3 to 12 sessions.

Dr Thompson has received positive reports for:
-        Listening and treating client concerns seriously
-        Helping clients better understand and address their difficulties
-        Encouraging clients to be involved in making choices about their treatment and care
-        Focusing on the concerns that that really matter to the client
-        Confidence in Maria and her skills and techniques
-        Increasing personal insight and understanding
-        Encouraging expression of feelings and problems
-        Encouraging exploration of feelings and problems
-        Providing evidence-based coping strategies and techniques
-        Enhanced control, planning and decision making
-        Improved subjective well being
-        Reducing symptoms to within the non-clinical range
-        Improved daily functioning
-        Enhanced personal relationships

Clients have reported experiencing Maria as kind, knowledgeable, insightful, caring, compassionate, wise, helpful, friendly, approachable, patient and professional.
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comments and reviews

“I wanted to thank you for all your help and kindness over the last 3 months. Your help has made a great difference to my life”.

“Marie was excellent with me I was totally at ease with all that she said”.

“Amazing”

“it was a very good service and my symptoms have improved since starting CBT. It was also in a good location”.

“Excellent treatment, well cared for. Thank you”.

“I found her very helpful and easy to talk to. She understood my point of view. I am extremely happy with the level of service provided”.

“I am very pleased with the coping strategies that Maria put in place for me. I found them very helpful to help me relax and calm down when I felt a panic attack coming on”.

“Very impressed”.

“I never thought I’d overcome my driving anxiety, but Maria has helped me more than I could ever have hoped. Amazing!”

“I don’t need to come any more, you have worked your magic!”

“Dr Maria Thompson was very professional, encouraging me with sympathy, caring and wisdom to visit a time in my life which I found very frightening and deeply distressing. I am grateful for her support, which has aided my recovery”.

“Very happy with the discussions regarding all the aspects of my problem, anxiety etc. Feel better with progression of my ongoing problem”.

“Excellent service. Good location – easy to find. Professional service, good timekeeping, never let down. Therapist was excellent, she was extremely knowledgeable, but friendly and approachable. Put me at ease!”

“I would like to thank Maria for what she has done for me.  I have not reached my target yet but know I will get there. She is doing a good job.  She is a Godsend. God bless you and thank you for all the help you gave me”.

“Thank you for all the help and support you have given me over the last few months. Your patience and understanding through all the tears and frustration have been greatly appreciated on my road to recovery from PTSD”

“Thank you for all your help”.

“Thank you for your help this year”.

“I can never thank you enough for all the help you have given me. You have picked me up and made me understand and believe in myself again. You have made sense out of my messed-up head”.

“Thank you very much for your support, helping me to find my way and for the laughs we shared throughout”.

“It [therapy] has made me positive about the future and I now feel I have finally got my life back on track”.

“Thanks for all your help and kindness”.

“Sincere thanks for all your health care and words of wisdom over the last weeks! It’s been a pleasure to know you”.

“Thank you for the loan of the book and for everything”.

“Thank you for all your help and compassion at such a difficult time. Your knowledge, advice, literature and guidance through CBT strategies and coping mechanisms have been invaluable and I shall continue to use these techniques when needed. Your mantra ‘if you come up against a wall go around it or find another route’ will stay with me forever!  Thanks again for your insight, expertise and patience.  I shall miss our Monday meets but it is time to put everything you have taught me into practice and move forward … health and happiness for the future Maria”.

“Maria is fantastic and has really helped me understand and deal with the issues I’ve been having with driving over the past 2 years since my accident. I would 100% recommend her. Very professional and very kind – a really useful experience”.

“I was very pleased with Dr Maria. I found the sessions very helpful”.

“Your reports are encyclopaedic”

“Excellent service and hospitality.  Made to feel at ease/home”.

“My original opinion was quite cynical at the thought of being psychologically analysed.  I have thoroughly enjoyed the service and can see multiple opportunities for this type of service. Maria is a top-notch mentor in my opinion with a skill set that could be utilised efficiently in many walks of life.  Well done and thank you for your valued guidance”.

“I was dreading doing this therapy that Maria has been amazing as I was in a very bad place and so angry with myself and people around me. I was so depressed by what had happened. She made me understand and helped me deal with my feelings. I cannot thank her enough she has brought me a long way. The service has been brilliant”.

“Fantastic! I am back to my normal self after a small number of Sessions.  Thank you!”

​“I found Maria very helpful and understanding.  It has so far helped me to date”.