Holly Cruttenden, BACP

Holly Cruttenden is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom who brings a background in psychology and counselling to her work. She is registered with the BACP and has four years' experience supporting people through stress, anxiety and life changes. Holly aims to create a straightforward space where people can talk things through and feel heard.

She works in a way that centres the person seeking help. Holly listens first and adapts sessions to each person's needs and goals. Conversations often focus on identifying patterns, building coping skills and finding small, practical steps forward.

Holly uses a mix of approaches to suit different problems. Cognitive behavioural work can help with anxious thoughts and low mood by working on unhelpful thinking and behaviour. Mindfulness techniques support managing stress and staying present in difficult moments.

She also draws on client-centred values that place the person's experience at the heart of the work. Psychodynamic ideas may be used to notice repeating patterns that come from past relationships or family background. Together these methods help with issues such as self-esteem, family conflict and the strain of major transitions.

Holly has experience supporting LGBT people and those affected by neurodiversity, trauma and social-emotional difficulties. She also works with concerns linked to ageing, caregiving, relationship breakdown and a range of personality-related issues. People who want clear, practical conversation and steady support often find her style helpful.

How Holly's approaches work online

Holly uses cognitive behavioural principles to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour. This approach is useful for anxiety, low mood and stress because it breaks problems into manageable steps and practical exercises.

She also draws on client-centred therapy, which focuses on listening, empathy and tailoring the work to the person's goals. That approach helps people feel understood and to set the pace of the work themselves.

Finding the right fit is treated as a collaborative process. Holly will discuss different ways of working and help decide which approach or combination feels most useful. Goals, preferences and everyday demands guide that choice so the work stays relevant and manageable.

Please confirm the session formats available before you book as the biography does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around busy days, reduce travel time and enable shorter check-ins when a full session would be difficult. It also lets people use techniques such as mindfulness and CBT homework between meetings to build progress into everyday life.