Marta Lopez Pizarro, BACP

Marta Lopez Pizarro is a fully qualified integrative counsellor based in the United Kingdom with four years of clinical experience and BACP membership. BACP stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and signals adherence to established professional standards and ethical practice. Her work focuses on supporting adults through issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, self-esteem concerns and adapting to life changes.

She draws on an integrative relational-developmental approach that blends psychodynamic ideas, attachment theory, humanistic principles and transactional analysis. This framework highlights how early life experiences shape patterns of feeling and relating, and how those patterns can influence responses to current challenges. By exploring these internal processes in the here and now with compassion, Marta aims to create space for new perspectives and meaningful shifts.

Marta also attends to a broad range of related concerns including attachment difficulties, body image, chronic illness and pain, cancer, communication problems, divorce and separation, family of origin issues, guilt and shame, immigration challenges, isolation and questions of life purpose. She offers therapy in both English and Spanish and works collaboratively to help each person clarify goals and find practical ways to cope and grow.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Marta commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based and Client-Centered approaches to guide her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, and supports living in line with personal values - it is often useful for anxiety, stress and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape expectations and patterns in adult connections, helping people address intimacy, trust and communication difficulties. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a nonjudgemental, empathic relationship where the therapist offers understanding and support while the client leads the pace and focus of change.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Marta works collaboratively with each person to assess needs, goals and preferences and will adapt techniques so the work fits the individual rather than forcing a single model.

Online therapy formats - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life. These options provide flexibility in scheduling, help maintain continuity when life is busy or mobility is limited, and allow people to access registered professionals from their own location when that feels most practical.