Marie Shakespear , BACP

Marie Shakespear is a United Kingdom based therapist with five years of professional experience who supports people managing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related concerns. She also works with depression and a wide range of life adjustments, helping clients navigate challenges such as parenting, career change, anger, self-esteem, and neurodiversity-related issues. Her practice emphasizes open, nonjudgmental listening and collaborative work to help individuals explore patterns, process difficult experiences, and identify practical steps forward.

Marie holds BACP credentials - BACP stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and brings that professional grounding to her clinical work. She combines evidence-informed approaches to tailor sessions to each person, attending both to emotional experience and to practical goals. Clients can expect a calm, supportive space in which feelings and thoughts are understood rather than judged, and where small changes are honored as meaningful progress.

In addition to direct therapeutic work, Marie provides clinical supervision, offering guidance to other professionals. Her approach aims to validate the courage it takes to begin therapy while supporting clients as they pursue a more balanced and fulfilling life.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Marie integrates client-centered therapy, trauma-focused techniques, and solution-focused methods into her online practice. Client-centered therapy centers the person's own experience and priorities, offering empathic listening and support to help people explore feelings and build self-understanding - this approach is useful for anxiety, relationship concerns, and self-esteem work.

Trauma-focused therapy addresses the emotional and physiological effects of traumatic or abusive experiences, helping clients process difficult memories and develop coping skills to reduce their ongoing impact. Solution-focused therapy is brief and goal-oriented, concentrating on practical steps and strengths to move toward specific changes, which can be helpful for stress, life transitions, and decision-making.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Marie works with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and adapts the plan over time as progress and priorities evolve. Licensed professionals and therapists use this kind of teamwork to shape treatment that feels manageable and relevant.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, family, or mobility constraints, and allow people to access consistent support from different locations while maintaining continuity of care.