Counsellor profile
Wendy Holmes, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - relationships and trauma
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- CredentialsBACP
- RegistrationBACP, United Kingdom / 401550
- Experience4 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationUnited Kingdom
About
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Mindfulness practice
About Wendy
Wendy Holmes is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with four years of practice. She works with people dealing with relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues, and anger. Wendy also helps those coping with life changes, stress, anxiety, LGBT concerns, parenting strains, and issues around self-esteem and career pressure.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She invites clients to set clear goals and explores practical steps to reach them. Sessions focus on what is happening now and how past experiences affect current reactions. Conversations aim to be direct and useful rather than full of jargon.
Wendy draws on several psychological approaches to guide her work. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice thoughts without being overwhelmed by them. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used to test thoughts and try small behavioural changes. Attachment-Based and Client-Centred ideas help with relationship patterns and how people feel seen and understood.
She also includes mindfulness techniques to reduce reactivity and build awareness. Her background lists training in grief, trauma, sexual health, and approaches for complex trauma and narcissistic abuse. Those trainings inform how she plans sessions and responds to difficult material.
Sessions are practical and paced according to the client. Wendy encourages clients to try short experiments between meetings and to bring real-life situations to therapy. She asks new clients to use the site matching questionnaire to book a first session so the work can start in a focused way.
How sessions work
Approaches used online and how they help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and refocus on values and actions that matter. It can be useful for anger linked to rumination or avoidance. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions, and uses small experiments to change unhelpful patterns; this can reduce reactive responses. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and can be helpful when anger shows up in close relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. That choice is collaborative and can change as therapy progresses.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking, as they are not listed here. Practically, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time. Some approaches simply transfer well to a conversation over video or phone, while mindfulness exercises and behavioural experiments can be assigned between sessions to practise in daily life. Registered or accredited professionals can help decide which way of working fits a person's schedule and needs.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she support?
She supports anger tied to relationships, stress, grief, and life changes. Anger is listed among the concerns she works with.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and practical. She focuses on goals, noticing patterns, and trying small changes between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years of experience working with issues such as trauma, grief, relationship difficulty, and anger.
What credential and location does she hold?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as session formats are not specified here.
How do fees and booking work?
Costs vary with location and use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, complete the site matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.