About Marianne
Marianne Blackmore is a counsellor who aims to make therapy feel straightforward and humane. She focuses on building a trusting relationship where people feel heard and understood. Marianne works with individual clients on issues such as anxiety, stress, depression, parenting concerns and problems with self-esteem.
She also supports people facing career changes, compassion fatigue, addictions and phobias. Marianne uses a gentle, person-centred way of working. She believes clients are the experts on their own lives and helps them find practical steps that fit their situation.
Background and approach
Her style is warm and empathic, and she often brings creativity into sessions when that helps someone express themselves. Her background includes roles in education, carer support and the creative industries. That experience has shaped how she supports people under pressure and those managing caring responsibilities.
Marianne has five years of professional experience and holds BACP as her listed credential. Sessions are offered in English and American Sign Language, and she is able to support people who are hearing impaired. Marianne recognises that change can be slow and that therapy often blends exploring feelings with building coping skills.
People find her useful when working through grief, relationship difficulties, anger and life transitions. She also offers help for issues such as body image, codependency, dissociation and ADHD-related concerns. Marianne invites prospective clients to begin with a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions to suit their needs.
How Marianne's approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person in the room. The counsellor listens without judgement and helps the client find their own solutions; this is useful for building confidence and tackling anxiety or low self-worth.Motivational Interviewing uses gentle prompts to clarify a person's goals and boost motivation. It is practical for people struggling with change, addictions or low drive, helping them identify small, achievable steps.
Psychodynamic ideas look at patterns that repeat across relationships and life choices. This approach can help people understand why they react in certain ways and make different choices over time.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Marianne will discuss goals, preferences and the issues someone brings, and then tailor methods together. That collaborative planning makes it easier to try a way of working and adjust it as needed.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties and travel while keeping the focus on progress and practical support.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, American Sign Language
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