About Badashian Therapy
We offer psychotherapy for individuals and couples in Stockport and online across the UK and worldwide.
Badashian Therapy offers a warm, confidential space to explore life’s challenges. Therapy is a place to slow down, speak freely, and make sense of what you’re carrying. We begin with what matters most to you.
Meet Maryia
Maryia Badashian is an existential psychotherapist working with individuals and couples facing emotional difficulties, relationship challenges, and times of change or uncertainty.
My approach is rooted in existential therapy, which explores how meaning, choice, and life’s realities shape how you relate to yourself and the world around you.
My role is not to give answers, but to support you in making sense of your experiences and discovering what feels meaningful and authentic for your life. Together, we create space to step out of everyday life and reflect more deeply on what feels confusing or difficult. Therapy is a shared conversation that can help loosen old patterns and open up new ways of understanding yourself.
People come to therapy for many different reasons. You may be experiencing ongoing mental health difficulties, navigating a challenging period in your life, or simply wanting to understand yourself better. The areas below give a sense of the work I do, but they are not a definitive list.
Badashian Therapy can help with❋ Mental Health ConditionsSupport for concerns such as depression, anxiety, OCD, ADHD, PTSD, as well as eating disorders, and autism.
❋ Life Events & StressHelp navigating bereavement, relationship difficulties, major life changes, or periods of ongoing stress and overwhelm.
❋ Personal & Emotional ChallengesIncluding low self-esteem, anger, trauma, and questions around identity, explored at a pace that feels safe and supportive.
❋ Growth & Self-DevelopmentFor those seeking greater self-understanding, clearer goals, healthier relationships, and stronger emotional resilience.
✱ Fertility & IVF Journey SupportEmotional support through fertility challenges, IVF, pregnancy loss, and complex reproductive decisions.
❋ Physical Health & Emotional ImpactEmotional support alongside long-term illness, chronic pain, or infertility, exploring the emotional impact of illness and how it shapes your daily life.
✱ Couples & Relationship TherapySupport for couples navigating communication challenges, conflict, trust issues, life transitions, divorce, or feeling disconnected.
❋ Relationship with yourselfExploring patterns of self-criticism, perfectionism, people-pleasing, boundaries, and how you relate to your own thoughts and emotions.
Training, Qualifications & Experience
● Currently completing research for Doctorate in Existential Psychotherapy
● IVF and Fertility Counselling Training
● Certificate in Couples Therapy
● Ongoing Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
● BACP Registered Psychotherapist
(License no: 01007173)
● We are fully insured, and attend regular supervision.
● Domestic Abuse
● Working with couples: Domestic abuse and violence
● Trauma and Fear Continuum
● Applying theories of grief to practice
Specialist Certificates
● Dying to live and living to die: The Existential Paradox
● CPD in existential thought, trauma, and relational dynamics.
“Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.” “We are our choices.”
- Jean-Paul Sartre