Holly Cruttenden, BACP

Holly Cruttenden is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with a BACP credential. She brings four years of experience to her work and supports people who are facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and big life changes. Holly also focuses on LGBT concerns and family-related difficulties and works with clients from across the world in English.

Holly trained in psychology and counselling and has experience working with a broad range of issues. Her background includes supporting people with neurodiversity, trauma-related difficulties and social-emotional challenges. She has worked alongside services for children and young people and in adult mental health recovery roles.

Her main style is client-centred therapy, which means sessions are shaped around each person’s needs. She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness approaches and psychodynamic ideas when they may help. Sessions usually involve talking through current problems, spotting unhelpful patterns and trying practical steps to feel better.

Holly aims to make therapy straightforward and down to earth. She listens without judgement and helps people identify strengths they can build on. Together with each person she sets small, realistic goals and reviews progress as therapy continues.

If someone is unsure what to expect, Holly recommends an initial conversation to discuss goals and how sessions could work. That chat helps decide which approach - or mix of approaches - will be most useful for the person’s circumstances.

How Holly's approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centred therapy places the person front and centre, so sessions focus on what matters most to the individual. In practice this means listening carefully, reflecting back what you say and shaping the session around your goals and priorities.

Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to shift unhelpful patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, stress and low self-esteem.

Mindfulness-based techniques teach simple ways to notice thoughts and bodily sensations without getting carried away by them. These practices can help with anxious thinking and improving everyday coping.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Holly works collaboratively to decide what fits your needs, goals and preferences. She will talk through options and adapt methods as progress is reviewed.

Confirm session formats before booking because the biography does not list specific delivery methods. Many people find online work useful for fitting therapy around busy lives, shortening travel time and making follow-up easier. If needed, practical adjustments such as shorter check-ins or focusing on exercises that suit quieter surroundings can be used to make sessions more manageable.