Wendy Holmes, BACP

Wendy Holmes is a United Kingdom based therapist with four years of professional experience, offering practical, compassionate support for people facing relationship, trauma, grief, and life transition challenges. She creates a collaborative, non-judgmental space where each person’s story and goals guide the pace and direction of therapy, helping individuals move toward the future they choose.

Wendy works with a broad range of concerns including relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, intimacy-related issues, stress and anxiety, OCD with a focus on Relationship OCD, menopause-related changes, and challenges linked to parenting, career, ADHD, and self-esteem. Her practice also addresses complex areas such as abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, chronic illness and pain, and a variety of family and communication difficulties.

She offers flexible session formats to fit modern lifestyles - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Wendy holds BACP membership, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which denotes professional affiliation with the main UK counselling body. She has completed specialist training in grief and loss, women’s trauma, baby and infant loss, sex and couples work, and trauma-informed models including IFS and polyvagal-informed approaches. Wendy welcomes people who want a thoughtful, steady approach to change and healing.

Approach to Therapy Online and Therapeutic Methods

Wendy frequently draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy in her online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting locked into them, and then commit to actions that reflect their values - it can be helpful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores early relationship patterns and how they shape current connections, supporting people who struggle with intimacy, abandonment, or relationship conflict. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an empathetic, non-directive relationship in which the therapist listens carefully and helps the client find their own solutions, which can be useful for building self-esteem and working through uncertainty.

Finding the right fit is part of the therapeutic process. Wendy works collaboratively to identify which approaches best match a person’s needs, goals, and preferences, and adapts methods over time as progress and circumstances change. This shared decision making helps ensure therapy feels relevant and manageable.

Online sessions via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer practical flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or mobility needs. These options make it easier to attend regular sessions, maintain continuity during life changes, and access support from home while working with licensed professionals trained in these approaches.