Marie Jones, BACP

Marie Jones is a BACP counsellor with ten years' experience as a qualified therapist and over 25 years working in mental health. She draws on a wide range of professional and life experience to guide each session. Her practice focuses on listening carefully and helping people find practical ways to manage what feels overwhelming. Marie is approachable and calm in her manner and aims to make people feel understood.

She has worked extensively with complex trauma from childhood abuse as well as with common concerns such as depression, anxiety and low self-worth. She also helps people facing grief, relationship strain, intimacy-related issues and difficulties with sleep or eating. Other areas she supports include stress, addiction, parenting strain, career concerns and coping with life changes.

Marie uses humanistic and integrative principles in the room. That means tailoring the work to what each person needs and combining different approaches where helpful. You can expect conversational, down-to-earth sessions that focus on what you want to change and how to get there.

Practical coping strategies are a central part of her approach. She works with thoughts and behaviours as well as emotional processing. Mindfulness and CBT techniques are mixed with person-centred listening to help people build steadier day-to-day routines.

If jealousy or trust issues are affecting relationships or wellbeing, Marie can talk through these concerns and help explore patterns and options. To begin she asks people to describe what matters to them and what they want to work on, then plans the next steps together.

How her approaches fit with online work

Client-Centred Therapy places the person and their experience at the centre of sessions. It focuses on listening, empathy and helping people feel understood, which suits conversations about grief, self-esteem and relationship worries. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical exercises to reduce anxiety, improve sleep and change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Marie will discuss different ways of working and agree a plan that matches a person's needs, goals and preferences. This collaborative process means methods can be adapted over time if something else would help more.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments around busy days, reduce travel time and support steady progress through regular short check-ins or longer sessions as needed. Therapists and registered or accredited professionals can also use mindfulness exercises and CBT worksheets during remote sessions to practise skills between meetings.