Wendy Holmes , BACP

Wendy Holmes offers a warm, welcoming presence and values the time people take to consider support for their difficulties. She emphasizes that the past is part of a person’s story but does not have to define the whole narrative, and she works collaboratively with clients to help them move toward the future they choose. Her practice is grounded in compassion, curiosity, and careful listening, creating a supportive, non-judgmental space where individual goals shape the pace and focus of therapy.

Wendy has experience addressing a broad range of challenges. She works with life transitions and endings, grief and loss, and relationship difficulties, and she has particular experience with trauma and abuse including emotional, physical, narcissistic, and domestic forms. She also supports people with OCD, including Relationship OCD (ROCD), intimacy concerns, and female life stage changes with attention to menopause. To fit different needs and lifestyles, she offers flexible session options including video, phone, and text-based formats.

Her professional training spans integrated psychotherapeutic counselling, compassionate enquiry, baby and infant loss, grief and loss work, transactional analysis, a certificate programme in women’s trauma, integrated sex and couples work, the Felt Sense polyvagal model for trauma and addictions, IFS approaches to complex trauma, and a diploma in dealing with narcissism. She is a member of the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which reflects professional affiliation and standards of practice.

Therapeutic approaches and online support tailored to your needs

Wendy draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify personal values and build psychological flexibility - practical skills that can reduce the hold of painful thoughts and support meaningful action in daily life. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to explore how early relational patterns influence current relationships and emotional responses, helping clients improve connection, trust, and regulation with others. Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of the work, offering empathic listening and unconditional regard so clients can explore concerns at their own pace and find their own solutions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Wendy works collaboratively with people to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts the work over time as those needs evolve.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone appointments, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access consistent support from licensed professionals without needing to travel, helping therapy fit into busy or changing lives.