About Holly
Holly Hird is a counsellor who helps people manage anxiety, stress and life changes. She talks plainly and works alongside clients to make sense of unhelpful thoughts and habits. Holly aims to build a steady working relationship so people feel able to try new ways of coping.
Holly uses straightforward, practical methods to tackle problems such as depression, addictions and low self-esteem. She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to spot patterns of thinking and behaviour and on mindfulness to develop calmer responses.
Background and approach
Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas are used when relationship feelings need clearer attention. Her style is flexible and down-to-earth. Sessions are collaborative - goals are chosen together and adjusted as progress is made.
Holly encourages small, realistic steps so improvements can be noticed week to week. Holly has ten years of experience working in a range of settings with adults and adolescents. She is an Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and follows their professional framework.
This BACP accreditation is listed as part of her professional details. People come to Holly for many concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, parenting stress, ADHD, career pressures and compassion fatigue. She also supports those dealing with addiction, bipolar mood issues and communication or attachment difficulties.
Approach and practical tools are matched to each person’s needs and aims.
Approach selection and online therapy options
Holly commonly combines Client-Centred approaches with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Emotionally-Focused ideas. Client-Centred work means sessions focus on the person’s experience and priorities, helping them feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses simple exercises to change unhelpful patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying and working with strong relationship feelings to improve connection and communication.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Holly will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, and together with the client she will decide which methods to try first. Plans are reviewed as progress is made so the work stays relevant to what the person needs.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls suit deeper conversations and visual connection, phone sessions work well when internet bandwidth is limited, live chat can help with shorter check-ins, and messaging is useful for ongoing prompts and reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while keeping a consistent course of support.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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