Marie Shakespear, BACP

Marie Shakespear is a counsellor who uses a warm, client-centred way of working. She holds BACP registration and has five years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and supportive.

In sessions she focuses on stress, anxiety, depression and relationship concerns. She also helps people who are dealing with trauma, abuse and intimacy-related issues. Her practice includes work around ADHD, bipolar, career pressures and coping with life changes.

Marie creates a calm, non-judgemental space for people to talk through what matters most to them. Conversations explore feelings, patterns and practical steps the client wants to try. The emphasis is on listening first, then collaborating on what might help next.

Her approach draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at long-standing patterns, and solution-focused tools to set small, achievable goals. Trauma-informed methods are used where past harm has a bearing on current life. She puts the person’s priorities at the centre of the work.

Marie has experience supporting people with family and parenting worries, as well as issues around identity and intimacy. She also offers supervision as part of her professional practice. If you are thinking about starting, she encourages a short initial step to see if the fit feels right.

How Marie’s approaches translate to online work

Marie uses client-centred and solution-focused approaches that adapt well to conversations at a distance. Client-centred work focuses on the person’s own priorities and feelings, helping people feel heard and understood. Solution-focused methods look for small, practical steps a person can try between sessions to move toward their goals.

She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to notice recurring patterns and how past experiences shape present reactions. That can help when people want to understand why they keep repeating the same difficulties. Together with the client she will discuss which approach feels most useful and tailor the work to current needs and preferences.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, family or commuting, and it can reduce travel time. Some people prefer shorter check-ins by phone when bandwidth or time is limited, while others choose longer video meetings for more in-depth conversation. The biography does not name specific session formats, so please confirm the available options before booking to find what fits your routine.