Wendy Holmes , BACP

Wendy Holmes brings a compassionate, collaborative style to her therapeutic practice, focusing on helping people navigate relationship challenges, trauma, grief, and significant life changes. With four years of experience, she creates a supportive, non-judgmental environment where exploration is guided by the client's goals and pace. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), which is a professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom, and she draws on a range of evidence-informed approaches to meet individual needs.

Wendy has worked with people facing trauma and abuse, including emotional, physical, narcissistic, and domestic abuse, as well as grief and loss, relationship difficulties, and obsessive concerns such as Relationship OCD. She also supports intimacy-related issues and female life stage changes, including a focus on menopause. Her practice extends to stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, parenting and family dynamics, career concerns, and aspects of identity and sexuality.

Her professional training includes integrated psychotherapeutic counselling, compassionate enquiry, specialist work in baby and infant loss, grief and loss training, transactional analysis, a certificate programme in women's trauma, integrated sex and couples work, felt sense polyvagal approaches for trauma and addictions, IFS-based work for complex trauma, and a diploma in dealing with narcissism. To accommodate different needs and lifestyles, she offers flexible session formats including video calls, phone sessions, and text-based therapy.

Therapeutic Approaches and Accessible Online Support

Wendy uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify what matters to them and take practical steps toward a meaningful life, even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. ACT is useful for anxiety, stress, and living through major life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy is also central to her work - it focuses on understanding relationship patterns formed in early life and how those patterns affect current connections, which can help with intimacy, abandonment issues, and family dynamics. In addition, Wendy draws on client-centered therapy principles that emphasize an empathic, non-judgmental relationship where the client's own wisdom and pace guide the work, supporting self-esteem and personal growth.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Wendy collaborates with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors techniques rather than applying a one-size-fits-all model, and clients are involved in decisions about direction and pace.

Online therapy with Wendy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing practical flexibility for busy schedules, mobility limitations, or those who prefer remote sessions. These options make it easier to maintain consistent support and fit therapy into everyday life while working with licensed professionals and therapists trained in multiple approaches.