Holly Hird

Holly Hird is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction and a wide range of life challenges. She works with adults and adolescents to untangle problems that feel overwhelming. Holly aims to make sessions straightforward and relevant so people can start making small, steady changes they can live with.

Holly uses a flexible mix of talking therapies to match the needs of each person. She draws on client-centred work to keep the focus on the person's experience, and uses cognitive behavioural ideas to spot patterns in thinking and behaviour. Emotionally-focused and mindfulness approaches also feature, helping people connect with feelings and build steadier coping skills.

She has worked for 10 years in different settings and with varied presenting concerns from relationship and family problems to grief, trauma, ADHD and addiction. Holly is an Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), which is listed as her professional credential.

Sessions are collaborative and practical. Holly encourages people to bring their own personality into the work and aims to keep the tone warm and occasionally light. Together they identify clear goals and plan steps to reach them.

People often come to Holly for help with self-esteem, coping with life changes, parenting strain, career stress and compassion fatigue. She also supports those dealing with bereavement, anger, bipolar mood challenges and communication problems linked to attachment or past loss.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Holly combines client-centred listening with cognitive behavioural techniques to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Client-centred work means the therapist prioritises the person’s experience and uses reflective listening to understand what matters most. Cognitive behavioural approaches break problems down into thinking, feeling and doing, and help people test small changes to see what helps.

She also draws on emotionally-focused ideas to help people identify and name difficult feelings, and uses mindfulness practices to develop steadier attention and coping in daily life. These methods are practical and can be adapted to online conversations in much the same way as in-person work.

Finding the right approach is a shared task. Holly will discuss options with each person and tailor sessions to their goals and preferences. That means trying different techniques and checking what feels useful rather than assuming a single method from the start.

Session arrangements are not detailed in the original biography, so please check current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around busy schedules, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when that suits. Registered or accredited professionals often offer online sessions to help people maintain continuity of care and fit therapy into everyday life.