Marie Shakespear, BACP

Marie Shakespear uses a client-centred way of working to help people find their footing when life feels overwhelming. She is a BACP counsellor with five years of practical experience in the United Kingdom. Marie keeps language plain and aims for a calm, non-judgemental space for each person.

She supports people facing stress and anxiety and those coping with depression. She also talks through relationship and intimacy-related concerns, and helps people who have experienced trauma or abuse. Her wider focus includes issues such as ADHD, career worries, low self-esteem and anger.

Marie draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at how past experiences shape current patterns. She uses solution-focused techniques to set small, achievable goals and to test practical changes between sessions. When trauma is part of the picture she adapts her approach to work with those memories and their effects on daily life.

Sessions aim to be collaborative. Marie listens first, then helps people decide what feels most useful in the moment. She also offers supervision alongside her counselling work.

People meet Marie for short-term goal work or for longer conversations about life changes. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, with an emphasis on clarity, practical next steps and honest conversation.

Therapeutic approaches adapted for online support

Marie offers client-centred work that focuses on the person's experience in the here and now, helping conversations stay grounded in what matters most to them. This approach helps with stress, anxiety, relationship worries and self-esteem by prioritising the client's perspective and choices.

She also uses trauma-focused methods when past events continue to affect daily life, tailoring pacing and techniques to help reduce the emotional impact of those memories. Trauma-focused work can aid people dealing with abuse, traumatic events and recurring distress linked to difficult experiences.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Marie will listen to goals and concerns, discuss different ways of working, and agree a plan together so the method fits the person's needs and preferences rather than being imposed.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for a face-to-face feel; phone sessions can be quicker and need less bandwidth; live chat or messaging can suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. This range makes it easier to fit therapy around work, family or changing schedules and supports continuity when in-person meetings are difficult.