About Judith
Judith "Jude" Holland welcomes people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed or unsure how to move forward. She writes plainly and listens closely so clients can tell their story in their own words. Jude encourages small, workable steps and focuses on what matters to each person.
Jude has 27 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation. She has long experience supporting people facing relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief and major life changes.
How Judith works
Her work also covers mood difficulties such as depression and bipolar, and practical struggles like sleeping, eating, addiction and career stress. She believes the person in therapy is the expert in their life and that therapy should be shaped to fit each individual.
Sessions aim to help people notice patterns, try new ways of responding, and build skills to cope day to day. Jude draws on a range of approaches to match needs rather than using a single method. Her past roles include running counselling services in education and working in sexual assault services for the NHS.
She has also taught therapy to others and led clinical teams, bringing a mix of hands-on practice and supervisor experience to her work. That background informs a calm, practical style. People who choose Jude can expect a collaborative relationship that balances warmth with honest challenge.
She helps clients set clear goals and tries to make sessions useful from the first meeting. If you want steady support while working through difficult issues, Jude offers an experienced, adaptable approach.
Judith lists 15 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Judith works with
The areas below are the ones Judith selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 27 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Jude uses therapy approaches online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then take action in line with their values. It is useful for coping with painful emotions, depression and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape how people connect now and helps build safer ways of relating and feeling close. This can be helpful for intimacy, abandonment worries and relationship patterns. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on a warm, non-judgemental relationship where the counsellor listens deeply and helps the client find their own answers; it is often used alongside more active skills work.Finding the right blend of methods is part of the work. Jude will talk with each person about what feels most helpful and adapt sessions to match goals and preferences. That collaborative planning means the approach can change as progress is made or new issues emerge.
Online therapy offers practical benefits such as scheduling flexibility, fewer travel needs and a choice of contact style. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can offer quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection. Registered or accredited professionals can use these options to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while focusing on the therapeutic goals.
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