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Find your true self, self-esteem & worth, inner peace & love It is the most important journey we make in our lives.

Knowing yourself is the path to discovering real self esteem; finding peace within yourself and around you; building deep and authentic relationships; enhancing your heath and wellbeing; and finding the purpose that will lead you to happiness and fulfilment.

Putting this out there… if it speaks to you, you know where I am. Maria VeigaMaria@Knowingyourself.co.uk

04/05/2026

Putting this out there… if it speaks to you, you know where I am.

Maria Veiga
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14/04/2026

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Gratitude 🙏

13/04/2026

Yesterday, my heart felt full of gratitude.

I had a therapy client come in — someone who had said yes to a Soul to Soul session with me, and who had never done anything like this before in her life. We had a very special time the last time I saw her.

Yesterday, she started by telling me how nourishing it had been for her.
How safe she felt.
How even the parts she wasn’t so comfortable with at first… became easier.

And then later, another client arrived. This one was coming now for her third Soul to Soul session.

Before she came, I felt something very clear —
that this was going to be a slightly different session… one where I would work hands-on with her.

So I prepared the room differently.
The table was ready. The space was ready.

When she walked in and saw it… she cried.

We talked, we drank cacao, and then she lay down, and I worked with her in a way I haven’t done in years.

Hands, energy, sound, presence…
No plan. Just following what felt right.

There was release.
Then calm.
Then something I can only describe as a deep settling.

At the end, she said something that stayed with me:

“It feels like stepping into another world when I come here.”

And the truth is… I feel it too.

This is not just therapy.
Not just healing.
Not just a session.

It’s a space where we meet, human to human… soul to soul, and allow whatever needs to happen, to happen.

No pressure. No expectations.
Just honesty, presence, and a bit of magic when it wants to show up.

If this calls you… You know where I am.

Maria Veiga | Knowing Yourself

09/04/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭…

If you’re looking for someone who will sit quietly, nod, and say very little - I’m probably not your therapist.

People come to me because they want something real.

I don’t work as a blank canvas.
I listen, yes - but I also speak, reflect, challenge, and offer tools when needed.

This is therapy where you are met, not analysed from a distance.

✨ I work a lot with younger adults and people in the LGBT+ community - those navigating identity, relationships, sexuality, and the pressure of “figuring it all out”.

There is nothing to fix.
But there is a lot to understand.

1:1 therapy — £50

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And sometimes… therapy isn’t what’s needed.

Most couples (and even friends or family) don’t need months of therapy.

They need a space where they can finally
talk, be heard, and actually listen to each other again.

I offer facilitated sessions — not as a couples therapist, but as someone who helps you communicate without it turning into conflict.

1h30 — £60

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And then there is something different…

A Soul to Soul session

Less therapy. More connection.
A space to slow down, breathe, feel, and meet yourself in a different way.

No fixed structure. No pressure.

Just what is needed in the moment.

🌿 2h — £60 (if we’ve worked together)
🌿 £80 (first session)

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If something here speaks to you — trust that.

You don’t need the perfect words.
Just a willingness to show up.

Maria Veiga @ Knowing Yourself
Bellenden Therapies

24/02/2026

I’ve just published a new intimate circle for March 8th.

Soul to Soul: Cacao, Reflection & Conscious Laughter

A small, carefully held space in Peckham to soften, reconnect and release.

We’ll share ceremonial cacao, explore a gentle guided reflection, and allow conscious laughter to arise naturally — no performance, no pressure, just human connection.

Only 8 spaces available.
£22 (currently 20% off for International Women’s Day).

If you feel ready for something quieter and real, you’re welcome.

Link in comments.

https://Soul2Soul-Circle.eventbrite.co.uk

23/02/2026

I’m not interested in being a therapist who keeps you dependent.

I’m interested in helping you see yourself clearly.

Sometimes that means looking at uncomfortable things. �Sometimes that means realising you are stronger than you’ve been acting.� Sometimes that means admitting you’ve been repeating the same story for years.

I won’t shame you.� I won’t flatter you.� I won’t turn your parents into villains just to make you feel better.

But I will sit with you properly. �And I won’t be frightened of what you bring.

If you’re ready for that kind of work, I have space for two people.

£50 an hour. �In person or online.

That’s it.
Maria

22/02/2026

I didn’t come into this work just through study.

I come as someone who has lived.

I have known doubt. �I have known fear. �I have known the kind of questions that don’t let you sleep.

I have rebuilt parts of myself more than once.

So when you sit in front of me, you don’t scare me.� Your anger doesn’t scare me.� Your grief doesn’t scare me.� Your contradictions don’t scare me.

I don’t need you to be tidy.

I work with adults and young adults who are ready to stop circling the same pattern and actually understand what’s underneath it.

Not quick fixes.� Not blame.� Not avoidance.
Real work.

With respect.

I currently have space for two clients.�

£50 per session.� Online or in London.

Maria Veiga�

Psychotherapist | Knowing Yourself

05/02/2026

🅻🅰🆄🅶🅷🆃🅴🆁 & 🅲🅰🅲🅰🅾

Laughter Yoga isn’t about being funny, even if it can be.
And it isn’t about forcing happiness, even if it can bring it.

It’s a gentle, body-based practice that supports the nervous system through breath, movement, and intentional laughter.

What it offers isn’t always loud or immediate, and that’s important to understand.
Some people feel lighter straight away.
Others notice changes later: better sleep, less tension, a calmer mood, more ease in the body.

These practices work quietly, underneath the thinking mind.
They’re most beneficial when approached as a practice, not simply a one-off experience.

This is why I’ve returned to offering Laughter sessions after a longer pause, now with the addition of Cacao... yummy

Not because it’s easy — but because it feels genuinely needed.

The session begins with laughter and gentle regulation, helping the body arrive and soften. Ending with relaxation, and only afterwards do we share cacao in a grounded, simple way - not as a ceremony, but as a moment of connection and presence.

You don’t need confidence, experience, or a particular mood.
You don’t need to “get it right”.
You’re welcome exactly as you are.

🌀 Medicine for the Soul – Laughter & Cacao Healing Circle
📍 Dulwich/Peckham
🕰 Sunday session
👉 Book here: https://LaughterandCacao.eventbrite.co.uk

Maria Veiga
Laughter Yoga Facilitator & Psychotherapist
Knowing Yourself

04/02/2026

“𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 — 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧”

One of the biggest myths about therapy is that progress looks like motivation, openness, and relief.

In reality, progress often looks like:
Arriving late to sessions
Going quiet
Talking about feelings instead of feeling them
Suddenly questioning whether therapy “works”

This isn’t avoidance.
It’s protection.

Here’s an example:
A client starts therapy wanting help with anxiety.
A few weeks in, they begin arriving late and keeping things “light”.
What’s actually happening?

Their nervous system has detected something important:
“If I go further, something old will be touched.”

Resistance isn’t the enemy.
It’s the sign that therapy is approaching meaningful territory.

In good therapy, resistance isn’t pushed through.
It’s listened to.
Because at some point in your life, resistance kept you safe.

It learned:
When to stay small
When to stay pleasant
When not to need

Therapy works when that protective part is met with respect - not force.

Nothing in therapy is about breaking you open.
It’s about creating enough safety that you don’t have to stay armoured.

— Maria Veiga
Psychotherapist | Knowing Yourself

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