About Holly
Holly Forde is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strains, low self-esteem and depression. She greets worried parents and individuals with a calm, straightforward approach. Holly aims to make the first step feel manageable and reassuring for anyone who is unsure where to begin.
Holly trained to a BA (Hons) in Integrative Counselling and holds the NCPS credential. She has four years of professional experience across charity work, independent practice and part-time NHS work.
Background and approach
In the NHS she supports people living with chronic kidney disease, giving her direct experience of long-term health concerns. In sessions Holly focuses on listening and building trust. She offers a space to talk about feelings without judgment and to try out new ways of coping.
This often means looking at patterns from past relationships, current stresses, and practical day-to-day strategies to reduce overwhelm. Her work draws on several approaches including attachment-based ideas, client-centred listening and mindfulness techniques. She also uses psychodynamic and existential ideas when they suit a person’s concerns.
These methods are adapted to what each person needs rather than following a fixed formula. People come to Holly for a wide range of issues beyond anxiety and stress, such as abandonment or attachment worries, blended family matters, chronic pain and illness, grief and forgiveness, and communication or commitment problems.
She supports exploration and finds practical tools a person can use between sessions. Holly invites people to take the next step by answering a short questionnaire and booking a session. She aims to work collaboratively and to tailor the pace to each person’s comfort level.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Holly uses attachment-based ideas to help people understand patterns in close relationships and how those patterns affect current stress and anxiety. This work looks at how early bonds shape reactions and communication now, and it can be useful for relationship worries and feelings of abandonment.She also draws on client-centred counselling which focuses on listening and reflecting back what a person says. That approach helps people feel heard and choose their own pace for change, making it easier to try new coping strategies without pressure.
Finding the right way of working is a shared process. Holly explores a person’s goals and preferences and combines approaches that suit their needs. She checks in regularly about what is helpful and adjusts the plan as therapy progresses so the approach stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for a full face-to-face conversation, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into short breaks. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or to have shorter, more frequent contacts. These options allow people to fit therapy around work, caregiving or medical appointments and to choose the format that feels most comfortable for them.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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