Holly Forde
Helping people find steady ways forward
About Holly
Holly Forde welcomes people who are feeling stressed, anxious, low in confidence, or unsure how to cope with major life changes. She helps people by listening carefully, offering steady support, and working alongside them to find practical ways forward. Holly uses clear, down-to-earth language so conversations are easy to follow during tough moments.
Holly holds NCPS and a BA (Hons) in Integrative Counselling. She has four years of practice and has worked with the charity Mind, in independent practice, and part time in the NHS supporting people with chronic kidney disease.
Background and approach
That range of experience informs how she tailors sessions to each person. Her approach is relational and focused on understanding what matters to the individual. Sessions often look at patterns around attachment, long-standing ways of coping, and how past experiences shape current feelings.
She blends this with practical techniques from mindfulness and solution-focused work to help people feel steadier day to day. Holly also offers help for a wide variety of specific concerns such as abandonment, communication problems, codependency, eating and food-related issues, chronic pain and illness, and difficulties after separation.
Conversations move at the client’s pace and aim to make small, manageable changes that add up over time. She encourages people to try different tools and notice what helps. The first step is simply reaching out and saying you need support; Holly aims to make that step easier and to work collaboratively towards clearer coping and greater resilience.
What Holly works with
How Holly works
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Sessions & fees
Approaches and online support that meet you where you are
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current ways of relating. In sessions this can mean noticing patterns of closeness and distance and learning new ways to feel safer in relationships. Client-centred counselling focuses on the person in front of the counsellor - listening without judgment and following the client’s priorities to find their own solutions. Existential therapy helps people face big questions about meaning, responsibility and change, which can be useful when life transitions or loss feel overwhelming.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Holly will talk with clients about what feels most helpful and try different ways of working as needs change. This is a collaborative process where goals, preferences and personal history guide which methods are used.
Online therapy makes regular sessions easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is low or hands-free is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options aim to offer flexibility, consistent support and practical access to counselling without having to travel.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
