Marilyn Thomas, BACP

Marilyn Thomas offers a warm, person-focused approach to therapy. She works in the United Kingdom and brings five years of experience helping people manage anxiety, low mood, relationship and intimacy concerns, and the stresses of everyday life. Marilyn uses a counselling style that aims to make people feel heard and understood. She bases her work on client-centred principles, which means sessions start with what matters to the client and move at their pace. She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is used when practical strategies are helpful for changing unhelpful thinking and behaviour. Marilyn supports people with a wide range of concerns including stress, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and ADHD. She also offers help for relationship issues, intimacy and sexual concerns, communication problems, and career-related stress. Additional focus areas include body image, codependency, blended family issues, and compassion fatigue. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions are intended to be a space for talking things through, testing new ways of coping, and building clearer steps forward. She aims to help people feel more confident in daily life and in their relationships. Marilyn holds BACP accreditation, which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Prospective clients who wish to work with her are asked to use the Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange sessions according to availability.

How attachment, person-centred and CBT approaches work online

Marilyn commonly uses client-centred work to begin therapy, which focuses on listening and building a trusting conversation. This approach helps people identify what matters most to them and set goals that feel realistic. She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This can help when people notice repeated difficulties in relationships or fear of closeness. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and test practical changes in thinking and routine that reduce anxiety or low mood. Finding the right approach is part of the process. Marilyn will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. The choice of method is collaborative and can change as progress is made. If you are considering online work, check the session formats before booking to confirm what is offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, avoid travel time, and have shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find remote sessions helpful for maintaining continuity during life changes, while still using the same therapeutic tools they would in person.