Marie Shakespear, BACP
Person-centred counsellor for relationship and parenting issues
Book with Marie- Years in practice
- 5
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Marie
Marie Shakespear is a counsellor who uses a person-centred approach to help people manage stress and anxiety. She brings five years of practice in the United Kingdom and works with adults facing relationship and intimacy-related concerns. Marie supports clients dealing with trauma, abuse and depression, and she welcomes conversations about parenting challenges and family pressures.
In sessions she aims to create an open and non-judgemental space. Conversations focus on what matters to the individual and on practical steps they can try between meetings.
Background and approach
The work is collaborative and paced to the client, with room to discuss emotions, patterns and immediate coping strategies. Her background includes clinical experience with ADHD, bipolar conditions and issues around self-esteem and anger. She also offers a listening ear for people navigating career changes, grief and separation.
Additional focus areas include attachment concerns, body image, chronic health struggles and care-related stress. Marie draws on several therapeutic methods when helpful. Client-Centred Therapy guides the tone of sessions, while Psychodynamic ideas can help identify recurring patterns from past experience.
Solution-Focused and Trauma-Focused approaches add practical tools and steps for recovery. She holds BACP registration, practices in the United Kingdom, and runs supervision as part of her professional activity. Marie works in English and is open to working with international clients online.
What Marie works with
Everything Marie lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Marie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Marie lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. It helps people feel heard and develop their own solutions, which can be useful for relationship strain, low mood and parenting stress.Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying small, practical steps and building on what already works. It is goal-oriented and can be helpful for managing everyday stress, career changes and having clearer conversations with others.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Marie will help clients choose methods that suit their needs, goals and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress or priorities change. This is a collaborative process that balances short-term aims with deeper emotional work.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone appointments, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be quicker check-ins or suit lower bandwidth, and messaging lets people reflect in writing between meetings. These options add flexibility for busy schedules and different communication needs, making it easier to fit therapy into everyday life.
Questions people ask about Marie
What kinds of concerns can I bring to therapy?
Common topics include stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, depression and parenting questions. She also addresses areas like ADHD, bipolar, self-esteem and anger.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Sessions are person-centred and collaborative, with practical elements from Solution-Focused work and Trauma-Focused techniques when needed. Conversations aim to be straightforward and geared to the client's goals.
What experience does the counsellor have?
Marie has five years of professional experience in the United Kingdom, including work with trauma, relationship issues and mood concerns. She also provides supervision as part of her practice.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Marie is open to working with international clients.
In what formats are sessions available?
Therapy can be delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to begin working with this counsellor?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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