About Holly
Holly Hird is a counsellor who helps people facing anxiety, phobias, stress and life changes. She works with adults who are dealing with addiction, mood worries, relationship strain or parenting pressures. Her style is down-to-earth and practical, aimed at making small changes that feel manageable day to day.
Holly uses talking therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and habits. She encourages clients to set clear goals and practises simple techniques together in sessions.
Background and approach
Sessions often include mindfulness exercises, straightforward behavioural steps and moments to name difficult feelings. She draws on around 10 years of experience in a variety of settings supporting adults and adolescents. Holly is a BACP member, which reflects the professional standards she follows in her practice.
Her background means she can talk through concerns such as trauma, grief, ADHD and issues around adoption or attachment. Holly blends several therapeutic approaches to suit each person. She may use client-centred work to focus on what matters most to someone, cognitive behavioural tools to change thinking patterns, and emotionally-focused ideas to improve how people relate to others.
The plan in sessions is collaborative and reviewed as progress is made. Practicalities are discussed up front so sessions fit day-to-day life. Holly offers a calm, conversational approach and encourages humour where it helps.
The overall aim is to help people feel steadier, make clearer choices and cope better with life’s demands.
How Holly's approaches work online
Holly often uses client-centred work to help people clarify what matters to them. This approach focuses on listening, understanding a person’s priorities and building a plan around their goals. It suits people who want a space to be heard and to set their own pace.She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions. CBT gives practical tools to shift thinking patterns and try out new behaviours, which can help with anxiety, phobias and low mood. Emotionally-focused ideas are used when relationships or attachment issues are central, helping people name feelings and change interaction patterns.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Holly will talk through options and agree a plan with each person based on their needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative process means methods are adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy flexible. Video suits deeper conversations where visual contact helps, phone can be easier when internet bandwidth is limited, chat or messaging work well for brief check-ins and ongoing coaching. These options make it simpler to fit sessions around work, family and daily life while keeping the focus on practical change.
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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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