Judith "Jude" Holland
Experienced therapist for complex life challenges
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About Judith
Judith "Jude" Holland welcomes people who are worried about relationships, trauma, grief, mood shifts and other life changes. She aims to make the first step feel doable and practical. Jude encourages people to draw on their own strengths while exploring what they want to change.
Jude works from a person-focused stance that treats the client as the expert in their own life. She offers a warm, direct style that balances listening with gentle challenge.
Background and approach
Sessions are framed around clear goals and tools you can try between meetings. Her background spans 27 years in the UK helping people with sexual trauma, bipolar and borderline personality concerns as well as intimacy and addiction-related issues. She has also supported those facing grief, career stress, caregiver strain and complex medical or chronic pain situations.
Jude has substantial experience in education and clinical leadership. She set up a student counselling service, taught therapy for around 15 years, and led services in adult education and music college settings. She has worked in a sexual assault centre and with men who experienced sexual assault.
Her approach draws on cognitive and behavioural methods as well as acceptance, attachment-focused work and dialectical strategies. She sees therapy as a collaborative process and prefers to tailor methods to what each person needs. If you want a therapist who listens, challenges kindly and focuses on practical change, she aims to offer that partnership.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 27
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 9713
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Judith's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Judith works with
Everything Judith lists, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Judith lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Judith works online
The choice of approach is a collaborative decision. Jude will work with each person to find methods that match their goals and preferences, and she adapts tools as the work evolves. This collaborative process helps clients try out techniques and reflect on what fits.
The original biography did not list specific online formats, so please confirm available session types before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when that helps. Many people find that remote sessions make it simpler to balance therapy with work, study or caregiving commitments, and the same therapeutic approaches can be used through distance work when appropriate.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does Jude help with?
She supports people with relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, mood disorders such as bipolar, and coping with major life changes. Other areas include addictions, intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping problems, and career or self-esteem issues.
What is Jude's style in therapy?
Her style is person-centred and practical, combining active listening with gentle challenge. Sessions aim to set clear goals and provide tools to try between meetings.
How long has she practised?
Jude has worked in the field for 27 years in the United Kingdom across clinical, educational and leadership roles.
What professional credentials does she hold?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP in her credentials.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she can work with people based outside the UK.
What session formats are available?
The original biography did not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Jude?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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