Marianne Blackmore

Marianne Blackmore is a counsellor who focuses on helping people with eating and food-related issues alongside stress, anxiety and low self-esteem. She aims to build a warm, trusting connection so people feel heard without judgement. Marianne uses relatable language and practical conversation to help clients take small, steady steps forward.

She works from the belief that the client knows their story best. Sessions are collaborative and directed by what the person brings. Marianne draws on creativity as part of therapy and uses that where it feels helpful to explore feelings and patterns.

Marianne has five years of professional experience. She has worked across education, care settings and the creative industries, and has supported carers including parents and people looking after elderly relatives. This background informs a practical approach to common life stresses like burnout and compassion fatigue.

Her areas of focus include relationship and communication problems, coping with life changes, career worries, grief and ambiguous loss, and difficulties with motivation and self-confidence. She also supports people facing trauma, addictions, anger issues, sleeping problems and ADHD-related challenges.

Marianne holds BACP registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Sessions are offered in English and British Sign Language is noted as a proficiency area in the original biography; please confirm language needs before booking. To begin, follow the site’s Start Therapy process and complete the short questionnaire so the match can be arranged.

How Marianne's approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening without judgement and helping people find their own answers; it is useful for issues like low self-esteem, relationship concerns and eating-related struggles. Motivational Interviewing uses gentle, goal-focused conversations to help people resolve mixed feelings and increase motivation for change, which can be helpful for addictions, career moves and lifestyle adjustments. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at recurring patterns and early influences to understand current difficulties, supporting deeper shifts in how someone relates to themselves and others.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Marianne will talk with clients about goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then adapt her methods collaboratively. The aim is to pick ways of working that fit the person rather than forcing a single model.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy day, reducing travel time and making it easier to keep regular appointments. Because the available session formats are not specified in the biography, confirm the current options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals often use online work to help people maintain continuity of care and fit therapy into everyday life without needing to travel.