Marie Lloyd, BACP

Marie Lloyd offers practical, down-to-earth counselling for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or major life changes. She writes plainly and meets clients where they are, helping them notice strengths and try small, manageable steps. Her approach aims to reduce day-to-day strain and build coping skills people can use between sessions.

Marie draws on 12 years of professional experience and works from several well-known therapeutic approaches. She listens first, then helps clients make sense of patterns that keep them stuck. Sessions focus on immediate concerns like panic, low mood, anger or decision fatigue, and on clearer ways to handle difficult events.

Her background includes work with grief, bereavement and people coming to terms with serious medical diagnoses. She also has experience with trauma, relationship difficulties and issues such as low self-esteem and self-harm. Marie uses this experience to offer steady, empathic support while people find their own solutions.

Therapy may include looking at past attachment experiences, using client-centred listening, and trying practical thought-focused techniques to change unhelpful thinking. She helps clients spot small shifts that make daily life easier and supports them through setbacks.

Marie is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sessions are conducted in English and she works with people in the United Kingdom and from other countries. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based work pays attention to early relationship patterns and how they show up now. Online conversations can uncover those patterns and help people notice and change familiar ways of relating. Client-centred therapy focuses on careful listening and acceptance so the client can lead the pace of change; that approach translates to gentle, person-led talks that start where someone feels comfortable. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT uses exercises to spot and test unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioural experiments; that practical work can be set as tasks to try between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then try methods that suit each person. Clients and therapist review progress and adjust the approach as needed, keeping the focus on understandable steps and clear aims.

Please confirm available session formats before booking, as formats were not specified in the biography. Many people find online sessions save travel time, fit around work or caregiving, and make it easier to maintain continuity when life is busy. Others choose a shorter check-in when they need a quick touchpoint rather than a full session. These practical benefits help therapy fit into everyday life without changing the therapeutic aims.