Marlene Leach, BACP

Marlene Leach is a BACP counsellor with 14 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She frames the work around each person’s strengths and listens for the story beneath the symptoms. Marlene aims to make the first step easier and speaks directly to people who feel uncertain about starting therapy.

She helps people who are struggling with anxiety, stress and low mood. She also supports those facing relationship problems, trauma and abuse, addictions, anger and obsessive-compulsive issues. Problems connected to parenting, grief, career strain and life changes are included in her practice as well.

Marlene uses approaches that focus on a person’s experience and emotions. Sessions look at how thoughts and everyday habits affect feelings and behaviour, and at ways to shift those patterns. Conversations tend to be practical and grounded rather than abstract, with attention to what feels most useful in day-to-day life.

Her additional areas of focus include attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness and codependency. She also works with people facing ageing issues, cancer-related distress, dissociation and difficulties linked to drug and alcohol use.

Marlene offers therapy in English, Italian and Maltese. She accepts clients both within the UK and internationally. If you are unsure about starting, she encourages a small first step to see if the approach fits your needs.

How Marlene’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy places the person and their experience at the centre of the work; the counsellor listens closely and follows what matters most to the client, which can help with issues like low self-esteem and relationship concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) pays attention to emotions in the moment and the patterns that keep people stuck, which can be useful for processing trauma, attachment and conflict in relationships.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Marlene will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then tailor the way she works. That may mean trying different ways of focusing the sessions until a good fit emerges.

Confirm the exact session options before booking as formats are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help people access a therapist who speaks English, Italian or Maltese even if they live elsewhere. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, emotional processing and practical habit changes to an online setting so the work still addresses thoughts and everyday habits.