Marlene Jenas

Marlene Jenas is a BACP counsellor with 11 years of experience helping people make sense of difficult emotions. She meets clients with a calm, patient style and aims to create a space where people can speak honestly about what matters to them. Her approach is gentle and responsive, centred on listening rather than giving directions.

Marlene uses person-centred work to help people reconnect with their own thoughts and feelings. Sessions last 45 minutes and focus on whatever you bring to the room. Clients often come for help with grief, stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship concerns, career uncertainty, and eating and food-related issues.

She also supports people facing trauma and abuse, addiction, parenting and fatherhood concerns, and life transitions such as divorce or bereavement. Other recurring themes she sees include attachment and family of origin issues, abandonment, guilt and shame, and communication problems.

Marlene describes a counselling space where there is no judgement and no unsolicited advice. She aims to help people find clarity at their own pace, whether they are processing past losses or navigating current challenges. The work is practical and conversational, with the counsellor reflecting back what she hears to help clients notice patterns and options.

Her practice is based in the United Kingdom and sessions are conducted in English. If you are thinking about starting, there is a short matching questionnaire to complete after selecting the Start Therapy button, and scheduling is arranged according to therapist availability.

How Marlene’s Person-Centred Work Translates Online

Marlene practises person-centred counselling, which means she listens closely and reflects back what she hears. This approach helps people become clearer about their feelings and choices, and can be useful for grief, anxiety, relationship concerns and eating and food-related issues.

The therapeutic process is collaborative. Marlene will work with each person to decide which way of working feels right. She checks in about goals, adjusts the pace, and explores different ways to approach concerns together.

If you are considering online therapy, check what session formats the therapist currently offers before booking. Many people find online sessions helpful because they can fit therapy into their week more easily, reduce travel time, and provide a consistent appointment each week. Online work can also make shorter check-ins simpler when time is limited, or avoid needing to use video when bandwidth is low or being on camera is not wanted.

When you start, the counsellor will discuss how to structure sessions so they work with your life and needs. Finding the right way to meet is part of the first conversations and is decided together.