Mihai Diaconescu
Existential Psychotherapist & Couples Psychotherapist
If you feel emotionally overwhelmed, exhausted, uncertain or stuck, I'm offering existential, embodied, and relational therapy that helps you realign with a sense of safety, belonging, authenticity, freedom and meaning.
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About me
Relationship difficulties, emotional pain*, anxiety, recurring patterns, or questions around intimacy and sexuality can leave us feeling disconnected from ourselves and from those closest to us. At other times, life may appear outwardly manageable while something deeper remains unresolved.
I work with individuals and couples through an existential, integrative, embodied and relational approach. Therapy offers a place to look beneath familiar patterns and reactions, understand what has shaped them, and develop a more grounded and authentic way of meeting yourself, others and life.
People come to me for individual therapy around anxiety, depression, trauma, self-worth, identity, loss, life transitions and existential concerns. Alongside this work, I have particular experience and interest in relationships, intimacy and sexuality.
I work with relationship dynamics, communication, attachment, emotional closeness, desire, eroticism, sexual differences, conflict, disconnection, betrayal, infidelity, jealousy, trust and changing needs within relationships.
I welcome people exploring or experienced in polyamory, open relationships, ethical or consensual non-monogamy (ENM/CNM), including questions around boundaries, jealousy, attachment, trust and different ways of relating.
My practice embraces Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity (GSRD), recognising the many diverse and personally meaningful ways in which people experience identity, sexuality, intimacy and relationships.
I offer an affirming space for LGBTQIA+, trans, non-binary and gender-diverse people, including those exploring identity, sexuality, belonging, relationships and self-expression.
I work openly with diverse expressions of eroticism and sexuality, including Kink, BDSM and fetish, with sensitivity to desire, shame, consent, boundaries and power dynamics.
I am an experienced independent therapist in private practice. I bring warmth, curiosity and openness to my work, creating space for difficult experiences to be met without judgement and for what matters deeply to you to be heard. I offer sessions online internationally and in-person in consulting rooms in Central and South-East London, UK.
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Approach
My way of working is warm, engaged and collaborative. I aim to create a space where you can speak openly, including about experiences that may feel difficult, confusing, intimate or hard to put into words. I will listen carefully, but I will also be actively present in our conversations, offering reflections, asking questions and gently drawing attention to patterns that may be important.
My foundation is existential, relational and humanistic. Rather than seeing you primarily through a diagnosis or a set of symptoms, I am interested in understanding you as a whole person and in the context of your relationships, history, values and the life you are trying to live. Together, we can explore not only what is causing distress, but what matters to you, what feels authentic, and how you want to meet the possibilities and limitations of your life.
My approach is integrative and body-inclusive, bringing together cognitive, emotional, relational and somatic ways of working. My work draws on established training and experience in trauma and body-based psychotherapy, alongside relational and attachment-based therapy, parts work, cognitive and systemic approaches. This allows us to work not only with thoughts and emotions, but also with bodily sensations, nervous-system responses and patterns that may be difficult to reach through words or intellectual understanding alone.
I do not believe there is one therapeutic method that fits everyone. Some people need space to slow down and feel; others benefit from greater structure, challenge or practical ways of working. We can find a pace and depth that feels appropriate for you, while remaining curious about places where familiar patterns may be keeping you from the life, relationships or sense of self you want.
At the heart of my work is a genuine encounter between two people. I bring professional knowledge and experience, but you remain the person who knows your inner world most intimately. Therapy becomes something we create together, with curiosity, honesty, compassion and respect for your freedom to discover what feels meaningful and right for you.
Experience
2019 - present: Psychotherapist, Counsellor, and Existential Coach (private practice)
2015 - present: Somatic Therapist
2023 - 2024: Psychotherapist, Pathfinder Clinic, Ashness House
2024 - 2025: Psychotherapist, Thrive Therapeutic Clinic
Accreditations & Professional Memberships
B.Sc. Hons – Bachelor of Science with Honours
Level 7 Postgraduate Diploma in Existential Analysis and Logotherapy
BACP Registered – British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
NCPS Accredited – National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
GPsyC Registered – General Psychotherapy Council
Pink Therapy GSRD Accredited – Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity Therapist
NCIP Accredited – National Council of Integrative Psychotherapists
ACCPH Accredited – Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists
PMP Certified – Project Management Institute
Education
Psychotherapy Diploma in Existential Analysis and Logotherapy Internal Family Systems (IFS) Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) Healing Trauma: Interpersonal Neurobiology Clinical Strategies Neurobiology of Attachment Psychedelics, Altered States Integration, and Transpersonal Psychology
Services
Intro Call
Individual Session
Individual Session
Couples Session
Family Session
Group Session
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