Marcia Holloway, BACP

Marcia Holloway is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions and relationship or family struggles. She also supports people dealing with depression, trauma, sleeping difficulties, self-esteem problems and career changes. Marcia works in a respectful and compassionate way and aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable.

She shapes conversations and plans around each person's needs. Sessions focus on practical skills and clearer thinking about everyday habits and responses. Marcia draws on therapies that help people notice their thoughts, make different choices, and build steadier routines.

Clients can expect a calm, non-judgemental space where the counsellor listens and reflects. Marcia uses straightforward language and aims to break problems into small, workable steps. She pays attention to how attachment and past relationships can influence current reactions.

Over 23 years of experience informs her approach to issues like codependency, communication problems, caregiver stress and chronic illness. That experience also covers complex areas such as domestic violence, substance addiction and abandonment worries. Marcia adapts methods so they suit the person sitting in front of her.

She holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP. In sessions she blends cognitive tools with acceptance-focused and person-centred work. Her style is collaborative and practical, aimed at helping people change unhelpful habits and habits of thinking.

How her approaches translate to online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice their thoughts and values, then take small steps that fit what matters to them. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and patterns of avoidance. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical techniques to shift habits and unhelpful thinking. This can help with sleep, worry and day-to-day reactions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current responses and can be helpful for intimacy, abandonment and relationship concerns.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what feels helpful, then try methods that suit each person. That collaborative process makes it clearer which tools to keep and which to change.

Please confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving or health needs. It can also allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and mean people do not need to travel to appointments. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, worksheets and behavioural plans to an online setting so the work sits alongside everyday life.