Judith "Jude" Holland, BACP

Judith "Jude" Holland is a counsellor with 27 years of practice in the United Kingdom. She works with people facing relationship strain, intimacy-related concerns and sexual dysfunction. She also supports those coping with grief, trauma and major life changes. Jude speaks plainly and aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone who is unsure about therapy.

Jude believes people know their own stories and brings a collaborative attitude to sessions. She draws on methods that help clients build practical skills and notice patterns that get in the way of what they want. Her background includes work in sexual assault services and leadership roles in higher education counselling. Those roles shaped how she listens to distress and supports recovery.

Across her career Jude has helped people with mood conditions such as bipolar and depression, and with issues including addiction, eating and sleeping problems, and anger. She also works with attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family challenges, and the stresses of caregiving and chronic illness. Her practice includes matters relating to LGBT identities and intimacy difficulties.

Jude lists several therapeutic approaches she uses, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She says there is no one-size-fits-all method and tailors work to each person’s priorities.

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and offers sessions in English. International clients can be considered through the platform’s processes.

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build safer ways of relating to themselves and others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and teaches practical skills to change them.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss your goals and preferences and together you will try ways of working that suit you. That collaborative process helps decide whether ACT, attachment work, CBT or a mix feels most useful.

Online therapy can make sessions easier to fit into a busy life. It can reduce travel time, let you schedule shorter check-ins when needed, and allow you to keep meeting even if you move or travel internationally. The biography does not specify which session formats are offered, so please confirm current session options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often adapt exercises, grounding techniques and homework to the online setting so work can continue between sessions.