About Wendy
Wendy Holmes is a counsellor who helps people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy challenges, and the stresses of life change. She also supports people dealing with anxiety, depression, career pressure, parenting concerns, ADHD, and LGBT-related issues. Wendy works in a calm, collaborative way and aims to help people take practical steps toward the future they want.
Wendy offers a non-judgemental space where conversations shape the work. She uses short exercises, reflective listening and goal-focused conversations so people can try things between sessions.
Background and approach
Sessions are paced to the person's needs and priorities rather than pushing a fixed timetable. Her background includes a range of psychotherapy and counselling studies, and she holds BACP registration. That means she follows professional standards set by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
She draws on those studies when planning treatment and reviewing progress with each person. Wendy describes her style as collaborative and compassionate. She often blends acceptance and commitment ideas with attachment-informed thinking and client-centred listening.
Simple mindfulness techniques and cognitive-behavioural tools are also used when they fit the work. If someone decides to begin, Wendy asks them to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability. She explains that subscription sessions can be cancelled at any time and that fees vary with location and timing.
What Wendy works with
Everything Wendy lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Wendy is listed here; the rest shows what else Wendy works with.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Wendy lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches shape online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It uses values-based goals so people can move toward what matters, which can help with anxiety, depression and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current patterns and aims to build safer, more connected ways of relating; this can suit people with intimacy struggles or attachment issues. Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of the work, using empathic listening and non-judgemental support so clients can find their own answers and pace of change.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Wendy will work together with each person to see which ideas and techniques fit best for their needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative exploration means approaches can be blended or adjusted as the work unfolds.
Practical benefits of online therapy often include easier fitting of sessions into busy days, shorter check-ins when needed, and options that reduce travel time. The biography does not list specific session formats here, so confirm current session options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals, including therapists, often use online work to make attendance simpler while keeping the focus on meaningful change.
Questions people ask about Wendy
What kinds of problems does Wendy support?
She helps people with relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues, life changes, stress, anxiety and depression. Additional areas include self-esteem, career concerns, ADHD and LGBT-related matters.
How would sessions with her feel?
The approach is collaborative and calm. Wendy uses reflective listening, short exercises and practical steps agreed together.
What is her professional background?
Wendy has four years of experience and has completed a range of counselling and psychotherapy programmes. She works from those combined studies when planning sessions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with BACP, which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are arranged for people in the United Kingdom.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and timing, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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