Counsellor profile
Marcia Holloway, BACP
Counsellor - Family and relationship concerns
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- Stress and anxiety
- Addictions
- Attachment focus
About Marcia
Marcia Holloway is a counsellor registered with the BACP and has 23 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, family concerns, depression, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues. She also supports people facing sleep problems, low self-esteem, career uncertainty, and the practical strain of caregiving and life changes.
Her approach is conversational and practical. Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps that can be tried between meetings. She uses a mix of methods to suit the problem at hand, including cognitive behavioural techniques and acceptance-based work. Attachment perspectives and client-centred listening shape how she helps people understand patterns in close relationships.
Marcia aims to help people untangle repeated patterns such as codependency, control issues, or commitment worries. She also works with people coping with chronic illness, cancer, grief after separation, and substance-related problems. In-session work often covers communication skills, managing intense feelings, and building more reliable routines for sleep and self-care.
Her style is straightforward and steady. She encourages practical experiments and real-world adjustments rather than abstract discussion alone. Over time she helps clients track small changes that reduce stress and improve day-to-day functioning.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then book a first session. Costs vary by location and use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How sessions work
How her therapeutic methods translate to online work
Marcia uses cognitive behavioural approaches to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviours. CBT often includes practical exercises and short between-session tasks that can be tracked online or discussed by phone or video. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is another strand she uses, which focuses on clarifying values and learning simple ways to live in line with those values despite difficult feelings. This can suit people coping with stress, anxiety, or major life changes.Attachment-based ideas inform how she looks at relationship patterns. That work helps people notice how early patterns affect current relationships and practise different responses. Choosing between approaches is a collaborative process - the therapist and client decide together what methods fit the client’s needs, goals and preferences as work progresses.
The practical benefits of remote work include fitting sessions into a busy day, making shorter check-ins easier, and avoiding travel time. The biography does not list which specific session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to keep regular contact and to try exercises between meetings while still getting professional support.
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Experience
23+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of family issues does she help with?
She helps people work through family conflict, communication problems, divorce and separation, and caregiver stress.
How does she approach relationship and intimacy problems?
She draws on attachment-informed work and client-centred conversation to look at patterns that affect intimacy and commitment.
What is her professional background?
She has 23 years of experience working in the United Kingdom with adults on a range of emotional and practical concerns.
What credential does she hold in the UK?
She is registered with the BACP, as stated in her professional details.
Does she work with people who live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered to international clients; sessions are conducted in English.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and therapy uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short 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.
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