About Marieke
Marieke Winkel helps people who are facing anxiety, phobias, stress and depression. She supports those coping with trauma, grief, relationship strain and low self-esteem. Her tone is calm and straightforward, and she keeps sessions focused on practical steps parents and individuals can use day to day.
Marieke uses a mix of talking therapy and structured interventions. She draws on attachment-focused ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns.
Background and approach
She also uses client-centred ways of working that put the person’s pace and choices first. Her background includes eleven years working in therapeutic roles across the United Kingdom. Marieke holds BACP and NCPS credentials and has worked in NHS settings, specialist services for survivors of domestic violence, and independent practice.
She combines that experience with an international perspective from earlier work in the Netherlands. In sessions she aims to make practical sense of distress. Conversations are used to identify small, manageable changes.
Techniques from EMDR and mindfulness may be offered when they fit the person’s goals and readiness. People can expect clear explanations and collaborative planning. Marieke speaks English and Dutch and can discuss online session options.
The focus is on steady progress rather than quick fixes, with attention to safety and pacing.
How Marieke’s Approaches Work Online
Attachment-based work looks at patterns formed in early relationships and how they affect current worries and fears. Online sessions use gentle conversation to identify those patterns and try different ways of relating that feel safer and more manageable.Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s pace. The counsellor reflects the person’s experience and helps them find their own solutions rather than directing change. This suits people who want space to make sense of feelings and set their own goals.
EMDR is a structured approach that can be used to process distressing memories. When it is offered, it is explained step by step and used only if the person and therapist agree it fits their needs and readiness.
Choosing the right method is part of the work. Marieke treats approach selection as a collaborative process and will discuss which methods match a person’s goals, history and comfort level. She adapts the plan as progress is made or needs change.
Online formats give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing or need more flexible timings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around family life, work and travel while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Dutch
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