Marianne Blackmore

*I offer remote therapy only via online video link or telephone

I currently have availability:

• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday

Please contact me via email or text/WhatsApp.

I aim to respond to all enquiries within 24 hours.

Hi, I’m Marianne. I am a friendly and compassionate therapist. My practice puts you at the centre of our work. I follow humanistic principles, looking at the whole of you. I focus on your unique experience, your potential for growth and self-discovery, rather than solely addressing problems or symptoms.

My philosophy is that you need to honour yourself before you can honour others. How hard does that really sound to you? Do you pay lip service to this idea, but always find you are at the bottom of the pile? Putting off self-care and your own wellbeing as you have others to prioritise, endless responsibilities or simply not enough time.

I hope to offer you a space where truly being yourself is possible and where you can prioritise yourself, talk about you and feel listened to. I will meet you with the core conditions of authenticity and empathy, respect and non-judgement as I also believe these are bedrock to building a trusting therapeutic relationship, creating the space to share what you need. Counselling is about facilitating you in your own journey for change rather than offering advice or opinions. You are the expert on yourself, and I am here to listen, with curiosity, care and compassion.

I am qualified, hold an enhanced DBS, am supervised, insured to work with UK based clients and am registered with the ICO.

My practice is solely online.

My sessions are 50 minutes long.

I offer both long term and short term therapy.

Sessions are weekly.

I can offer one off sessions but therapy is most effective with regular and consistent commitment.

I work from a predominantly person centred approach meaning I believe you are the expert on yourself and will need to drive the sessions in the direction you most need them to go. I am here to support this process and encourage positive change.

Areas I have worked in (but not limited to):

• People either in or recently left education and have reached an impasse or experiencing strong emotions on what to do next.
• Carers (parent, sibling, spousal and young carers)
• People working in the creative arts
• People experiencing career burn out
• People impacted by divorce (at any age)
• Deaf people in education
• People with low self esteem

The first and all subsequent sessions are offered at 50 minutes long.

In our first session, I will conduct as assessment with you so I can get to know you. During time, I will ask about what has brought you to therapy, any previous therapy experiences, a bit about your background, how you cope and what you want from our sessions including how many you may expect to have and expectations of me.

You will have a chance to ask any questions whenever you wish.

This session is for us to get to know each other. There is no obligation to continue if you don't feel this is the right decision or fit for you.

This is your time. 

*I offer remote therapy only via online video link or telephone

I currently have availability:

• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday

Please contact me via email or text/WhatsApp.

I aim to respond to all enquiries within 24 hours.

Hi, I’m Marianne. I am a friendly and compassionate therapist. My practice puts you at the centre of our work. I follow humanistic principles, looking at the whole of you. I focus on your unique experience, your potential for growth and self-discovery, rather than solely addressing problems or symptoms.

My philosophy is that you need to honour yourself before you can honour others. How hard does that really sound to you? Do you pay lip service to this idea, but always find you are at the bottom of the pile? Putting off self-care and your own wellbeing as you have others to prioritise, endless responsibilities or simply not enough time.

I hope to offer you a space where truly being yourself is possible and where you can prioritise yourself, talk about you and feel listened to. I will meet you with the core conditions of authenticity and empathy, respect and non-judgement as I also believe these are bedrock to building a trusting therapeutic relationship, creating the space to share what you need. Counselling is about facilitating you in your own journey for change rather than offering advice or opinions. You are the expert on yourself, and I am here to listen, with curiosity, care and compassion.

I am qualified, hold an enhanced DBS, am supervised, insured to work with UK based clients and am registered with the ICO.

My practice is solely online. 

My sessions are 50 minutes long. 

I offer both long term and short term therapy.

Sessions are weekly. 

I can offer one off sessions but therapy is most effective with regular and consistent commitment.

I work from a predominantly person centred approach meaning I believe you are the expert on yourself and will need to drive the sessions in the direction you most need them to go. I am here to support this process and encourage positive change. 

Areas I have worked in (but not limited to):

• People either in or recently left education and have reached an impasse or experiencing strong emotions on what to do next. 
• Carers (parent, sibling, spousal and young carers)
• People working in the creative arts
• People experiencing career burn out
• People impacted by divorce (at any age)
• Deaf people in education
• People with low self esteem

The first and all subsequent sessions are offered at 50 minutes long.

In our first session, I will conduct as assessment with you so I can get to know you. During time, I will ask about what has brought you to therapy, any previous therapy experiences, a bit about your background, how you cope and what you want from our sessions including how many you may expect to have and expectations of me.  

You will have a chance to ask any questions whenever you wish.

This session is for us to get to know each other. There is no obligation to continue if you don't feel this is the right decision or fit for you. 

This is your time.