Marie Shakespear, BACP

Marie Shakespear is a counsellor with five years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She aims to make the first step easier for anyone who is worried about starting therapy.

Her approach is warm and person-focused. She listens closely to what matters to each person and helps them name their priorities. Sessions are intended to be a place to talk honestly about difficult feelings without judgement.

Marie draws on client-centred work to build a trusting space, and psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat in relationships and feelings. She uses solution-focused techniques to set practical short-term goals and trauma-focused work when past hurt needs careful attention.

She has experience supporting people with a wide range of concerns including LGBT issues, parenthood and family stress, ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, chronic illness and pain, and difficulties around attachment, abandonment and body image. She also offers supervision to other practitioners.

When someone seeks support she collaborates on clear steps forward. That can mean practical coping tools, exploring deeper emotional patterns, or both. Marie encourages people to move at a pace that feels manageable for them.

How Marie's approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. It helps when someone needs an accepting space to name feelings and decide priorities. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at patterns and past experiences that shape current reactions, which can help people who want to understand recurring relationship or emotional patterns. Solution-Focused Therapy aims at practical steps and small goals, useful for people who want quick, manageable changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Marie will discuss options with the person and choose approaches together based on needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative process means the focus can shift as progress is made, whether starting with practical strategies or deeper emotional work.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available online options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make regular appointments simpler when juggling work, caregiving or health demands. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often combine talking, planning and skills practice effectively in online sessions to help people move forward.