Judith "Jude" Holland , BACP

Judith "Jude" Holland is credentialed in the United Kingdom and brings 27 years of professional experience to her therapeutic work. She supports people facing relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and significant life changes, drawing on a broad skill set developed across clinical, educational, and specialist settings.

Her background includes work in a sexual assault centre for the NHS, where she supported women and families, and a role as clinical lead working with men who had been sexually assaulted. She began her therapeutic career by establishing a student counselling service and later taught therapy for about 15 years. She also served as head of service at a music college and university, where she supported young people with performance anxiety and used brainspotting therapy as part of that work.

Jude has training in EMDR and in dialectical behavior therapy - DBT - and describes herself as a professional female abuse recovery coach. She has experience supporting people with sexual trauma, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, couples work, and a wide range of other concerns. She approaches therapy with the conviction that each person is the expert on their own story, and she aims to build a collaborative relationship in which clients feel heard, valued, challenged, and respected. She also holds credentials with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - a UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Judith "Jude" Holland integrates several evidence-informed approaches to tailor therapy to each person. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - ACT - focuses on helping people clarify their values, accept difficult thoughts and feelings, and take committed action toward a meaningful life; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns formed in early relationships and how they affect current connections, making it particularly relevant for relationship issues, intimacy concerns, and abandonment or attachment difficulties. Dialectical Behavior Therapy - DBT - teaches practical skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness, which can be helpful for intense emotions and self-destructive patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Judith works collaboratively with clients and licensed professionals to identify what fits best with a person’s goals, needs, and preferences, and she adapts methods over time as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit support around work, family, and geographic constraints. These options make therapy more accessible and allow clients and therapists to maintain continuity of care even when schedules or circumstances change.