Wendy Holmes, BACP

Wendy Holmes is a counsellor with 4 years of clinical experience who works with people facing relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy concerns, life transitions, and a wide range of emotional and practical challenges. She brings a collaborative, compassionate approach that encourages clients to explore their stories and move toward the future they want at a pace that feels right for them.

Her practice focuses on helping individuals navigate stress, anxiety, depression, parenting and family issues, LGBT concerns, career questions, and complexities such as compassion fatigue and ADHD. She also offers specialist support around abandonment, attachment issues, complex trauma, chronic illness and pain, body image, sexual diversity including BDSM and kink, blended family dynamics, and caregiving stress.

Wendy integrates a variety of therapeutic methods to tailor work to each person. Her clinical approaches include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. She also draws on trauma-informed models and internal systems work when appropriate.

Her professional qualifications and training include Integrated Psychotherapeutic Counselling, Compassionate Enquiry, Baby and Infant Loss, Grief and Loss training, Transactional Analysis, a certificate programme in Women's Trauma, an Integrated Sex and Couples Certificate, Felt Sense Polyvagal Model training for trauma and addictions, training in treating complex trauma with IFS Therapy, and a diploma in dealing with narcissism. Wendy holds membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), indicating adherence to professional standards and ongoing professional development.

To accommodate different needs and lifestyles, Wendy offers flexible session formats including video calls, phone sessions, and text-based therapy. Her style is non-judgmental, curious, and grounded in the priorities and goals of the person she is working with.