Dr. Persa Maerz, HCPC

Dr. Persa Maerz is an HCPC-registered therapist with nine years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She brings extensive experience working with children, adolescents and adults across diverse cultural backgrounds, having held Consultant, Lead and Supervisor Specialist roles in a range of clinical services and clinics. Her background includes work in CAMHS as well as adult therapeutic services, and she provides both therapeutic work and clinical supervision to trainees and other psychologists.

Dr. Maerz is trained in several evidence-informed approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Client-Centered Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapy, and she has specialist training in trauma-focused CBT for PTSD. For younger clients she also offers non-directive play therapy. Her clinical expertise covers a broad spectrum of concerns such as anxiety, stress, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, depression, sleep difficulties, relationship and family problems, addictions, parenting challenges, and issues related to LGBT identity and multicultural adjustment.

Her practice emphasizes tailored, empirically grounded interventions delivered with attention to each person s needs and circumstances, whether addressing phobias, OCD, adjustment to life changes, or more complex presentations including personality difficulties. Dr. Maerz works with individuals and families to plan a therapeutic or supervisory pathway that fits their goals and context. She is not currently accepting new clients.