Marlene Jenas, BACP

Marlene Jenas is a BACP counsellor with 11 years of experience helping people find clarity when life feels overwhelming. She introduces herself with warmth and simple language, making it easier to take the first step towards support. Her work often begins with small, steady conversations to help people name what they are feeling.

She uses a person-centred approach, which means sessions focus on the client's pace and priorities. Marlene offers 45-minute meetings where people can speak without judgment or unsolicited advice. She listens closely and reflects what she hears so clients can better understand their own thoughts and emotions.

Marlene commonly supports people dealing with stress, anxiety and depression. She also works with relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief and loss, addictions, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem concerns. Practical life changes like career shifts, parenting strains and coping with ageing are part of her experience too.

Other areas she addresses include eating and food-related issues, abandonment and attachment concerns, communication problems, infidelity, and family of origin matters. She is familiar with challenges such as compassion fatigue, bipolar mood concerns and ADHD and offers a steady, listening presence for these topics.

Her sessions are conversational and focused on helping people reconnect with their own resources. Marlene aims to create a calm space where clients can explore feelings, try out new ways of thinking, and work towards clearer decisions. If someone feels ready to begin, she guides them through the initial steps to get started.

How person-centred work translates to online counselling

Client-centred therapy puts the client's experience at the heart of each session. It focuses on listening, reflecting and following what the person wants to talk about. This approach can help with stress, anxiety, grief and relationship concerns by allowing people to make sense of their feelings at their own pace.

The therapeutic process is collaborative. The therapist will work with the client to find the right approach and adjust it as needs and goals become clearer. Together they decide what feels most helpful rather than following a fixed plan.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions around a busy life and reducing travel time so people can use a lunch break or an evening slot more easily. Online work can also make it easier to have regular, short check-ins when that suits a client's routine. Please confirm the current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed in the biography. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists commonly discuss format options during the initial matching and scheduling steps.