About Marie
Marie Potter welcomes people who feel lost, stuck or uncertain and want a calmer way forward. She offers one-to-one counselling where clients can talk things through at their own pace. Sessions aim to help people find clarity, build inner resources and develop a more positive outlook or acceptance of difficult situations.
Marie focuses on forming a warm, trusting relationship so people feel able to share thoughts and feelings they may not have voiced before.
How Marie works
She allows time and space for the relationship to develop and recognises this can feel hard at first. She works in an integrative way, drawing on a range of approaches studied during her training. That means she brings different ideas into sessions and adapts them to each person's needs rather than using a single fixed method.
Over the past 10 years Marie has supported people dealing with stress and anxiety, depression, parenting pressures, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and addiction concerns. She also helps with self-esteem, compassion fatigue, anger, career matters, bipolar, ADHD and life transitions. Marie is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English.
Her practice offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, so people can choose the format that fits their life.
What Marie works with
The areas below are the ones Marie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Marie brings evidence-based work to online therapy
Marie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques in an integrative way, so she can match methods to each person. For example, a structured talking approach helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new responses; this can be useful for stress, anxiety and low mood. A skills-focused approach supports practical coping and self-management, teaching clear steps to reduce overwhelm and manage difficult feelings.Finding the right way of working is a joint process. The counsellor will talk with the client about their goals and preferences, try approaches that suit those aims, and adjust them as progress and feedback suggest. This means the therapy plan can change over time to stay useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions work when a quieter audio check-in is needed or bandwidth is lower. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins, regular written reflection, or times when typing fits better into a busy day. These options help people fit therapy around work, care or travel commitments and keep momentum between sessions.
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