Marie Shakespear, BACP

Marie Shakespear is a BACP-registered counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She creates a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about anxiety, stress, relationship concerns, depression, trauma and intimacy-related issues. Marie supports clients through difficult moments and helps them take practical steps forward.

Her approach combines client-centred listening with psychodynamic thinking to understand patterns that repeat over time. She also uses solution-focused techniques to help set clear, achievable goals and trauma-focused work when past events are affecting daily life. Sessions aim to balance exploring feelings with making small, manageable changes.

Marie has worked with a range of concerns including self-esteem, anger, career stress, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD and issues linked to sexual identity. She also offers focus on areas such as attachment and abandonment, body image, caregiver strain, chronic illness, codependency, communication problems, control issues, and separation-related matters.

In sessions she prioritises respectful listening and practical planning. Conversations often move between understanding where difficulties began and identifying steps to reduce their impact now. Marie also offers supervision to other practitioners as part of her professional work.

People who choose her can expect straightforward language, a paced approach, and collaborative goal-setting to help them cope with life changes and rebuild a clearer sense of direction.

How Marie’s approaches guide online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening without judgement and following the client’s lead to build understanding and confidence. It helps people who need a supportive space to talk through feelings and make their own choices about change.

Psychodynamic Therapy looks at patterns and past experiences that keep repeating in a person’s life. This approach is useful when someone wants to understand deeper causes of recurring problems such as relationship difficulties or repeated emotional reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Marie will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. That choice can change over time as progress is made or priorities shift.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by removing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break. It can also help when quieter surroundings are needed or when visual contact is not wanted. Confirm the available session formats before booking so arrangements match personal needs and daily routines.