Holly Jones

• Childhood trauma
• Grief and suicide bereavement
• Trauma and abuse

About Holly

Holly Jones works with people on childhood trauma, grief, surviving sexual abuse, and the impact of suicide using person-focused, practical counselling. She is an accredited member of the National Counselling Society (NCPS) and has six years’ experience working with a wide range of difficulties.

Holly has worked in the NHS for over two years and currently provides counselling through a charity that supports people bereaved by suicide. She has also volunteered with a service for adult survivors of child sexual, physical and emotional abuse and PTSD, and has over 2,000 client hours of experience.

Her background includes more than 20 years in corporate settings before retraining as a counsellor, which gives her an understanding of workplace stress and career-related pressures. She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship problems, parenting strain and work-related challenges.

Holly uses a mix of evidence-based approaches, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based work, alongside client-centred methods and skills from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. She explains approaches in simple terms and works with clients to decide what fits best for their situation.

Sessions focus on practical steps, emotional processing and improving day-to-day coping. Holly encourages honest conversation about difficult topics and aims to help people manage grief, trauma responses, low mood, self-esteem issues and complexities around identity and intimacy.

To start, she asks people to get in touch so a suitable time for a first session can be arranged, and she will discuss what to expect in early meetings.

How Holly uses therapy approaches in online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed, and then commit to actions that matter to them; it is often used for anxiety, stress and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and testing new ways of responding, which can help with low mood, anxiety, sleep and addictive behaviours. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and can be helpful for intimacy issues, attachment difficulties and some trauma responses.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Holly will discuss the options with each person, consider their goals and preferences, and adjust what she uses as therapy progresses. The aim is to find methods that fit the person's situation and feel workable in day-to-day life.

Please confirm the session formats available before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work and family life, allow a shorter check-in when needed, or remove the need to travel. Registered or accredited professionals often blend talking therapy with practical exercises, behavioural tasks and skills coaching that can be done between sessions to support progress.

Topics Holly lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Addictions
• Relationship issues
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• LGBT
• Family conflicts
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Self-esteem
• Career difficulties
• Bipolar disorder
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• Coaching
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Adoption and foster care
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Avoidant personality
• BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• 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
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Eating and food-related issues
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Fertility issues
• First responder issues
• Forgiveness
• Gender dysphoria
• Guilt and shame
• Hoarding
• Hospice and end-of-life counselling
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Intellectual disability
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Veteran and armed forces issues
• Money and financial issues
• Mood disorders
• Multicultural concerns
• Narcissism
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Paranoia
• Personality disorders
• Phobias
• Polyamory and non-monogamous relationships
• Postpartum depression
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sex addiction
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexual dysfunction
• Sexuality
• Quitting smoking or vaping
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Existential Therapy
• Jungian Therapy
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Somatic Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy
• Internal Family Systems

Questions about Holly

Does she work with anxiety and stress?

Yes. She helps people manage stress and anxiety using practical strategies and therapy approaches such as CBT and ACT.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She offers client-centred counselling informed by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Attachment-Based work and elements of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.

What experience does she have with trauma and abuse?

She has over six years' experience, more than 2,000 client hours, voluntary work with adult survivors of child abuse, and charity work with people affected by suicide.

Is she registered with any professional body in the UK?

Yes. She is an accredited member of the National Counselling Society (NCPS).

Can I see her if I live outside the UK?

Yes. She accepts international clients and offers sessions to people outside the United Kingdom in English.

What session formats does she offer?

Please confirm the current session options before booking, as formats were not specified in the biography.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I get started with her counselling?

Use the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.