Marlene Jenas, BACP

Marlene Jenas is a BACP-registered counsellor who offers a calm, patient place to start untangling difficult feelings. She introduces herself warmly and invites people to talk through what feels hard in everyday life. Her approach aims to make the first step less daunting and more manageable.

She practises client-centred therapy, which means conversations are shaped around the person in front of her. Sessions are 45 minutes long and focus on listening rather than giving advice. This helps people find their own way through grief, change, or persistent stress.

Marlene commonly supports people dealing with anxiety, depression, bipolar mood difficulties, and the emotional aftermath of trauma or abuse. She also helps with relationship strains, intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, addiction, eating and food-related concerns, and career stress. Additional areas of focus include attachment and family of origin issues, abandonment, adoption and foster care, and ageing-related concerns.

Her style is low-pressure and non-judgemental. She gives space for feelings such as guilt, shame, emptiness and anger. People can expect a steady presence that reflects and helps make sense of their experience. Practical coping and emotional understanding are part of the work when they feel useful.

Clients will be asked to complete a short matching questionnaire to begin. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time, and scheduling is arranged according to therapist availability. Marlene works in the United Kingdom and conducts therapy in English.

How client-centred work adapts to online counselling

Client-centred therapy focuses on providing an accepting, non-judgemental space where the person sets the pace and topics of conversation. This approach helps when people are processing grief, life changes, relationship strain or emotional pain because the therapist follows what feels most important to the client.

In practice, the therapist listens reflectively and offers gentle prompts rather than directing the process. That steadiness can help people who struggle with anxiety, low self-esteem, shame or anger to find clearer ways to describe and make sense of their feelings.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide whether client-centred methods meet their needs and goals. Together they review what is working and adjust the style of sessions as needed.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also offers a way to keep continuity of care when schedules or locations change.