Judith "Jude" Holland

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Attachment-Based Therapy

About Judith

Judith "Jude" Holland helps people with relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, bipolar disorder, addictions and major life changes. She prefers a collaborative approach that recognises each person as the expert in their own story. Jude is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and has 27 years' professional experience.

Jude works with issues including intimacy problems, eating and sleeping concerns, parenting stress, anger and low self-esteem. She also addresses career problems, depression and coaching needs. Her additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome, blended family matters, chronic illness and caregiver stress.

Her practice draws on a mix of approaches. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clarify personal values and move towards meaningful action. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is used to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at relational patterns and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills for emotion regulation.

Jude has a long history of service work and education. She set up a student counselling service early in her career, later taught therapy for about 15 years and was head of service in adult education at a music college and university. She has worked in a sexual assault centre for the NHS, supporting women, families and men who had experienced sexual assault.

Her background includes work with sexual trauma, bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, and she has experience as a female abuse recovery coach. Jude combines clinical work with coaching and practical skills to help people manage difficult events and build more effective day-to-day coping.

How Jude uses her approaches in remote counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people identify what matters to them and take steps towards those values, even when emotions are difficult. It can be useful for grief, life changes and ongoing mood variability.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and testing alternatives in everyday life, which can help with eating and sleeping issues, anxiety and depression.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and how early attachments affect current connections, which can be helpful for intimacy issues and attachment difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jude will discuss options with each person and agree a plan based on their needs, goals and preferences. The process is collaborative and may draw on more than one approach as needs change.

If you are considering remote sessions, please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, as these are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow flexible scheduling around work or caring responsibilities. It can also allow shorter check-ins by phone where less bandwidth or a quieter setting is needed.

Topics Judith lists

• 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 and 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 and non-monogamous relationships
• Postpartum depression
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Process addictions
• 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

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)
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Hypnotherapy
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Somatic Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy
• Internal Family Systems

Questions about Judith

Does she work with relationship problems?

Yes. She helps people with intimacy issues, communication problems and commitment concerns.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses approaches such as ACT, CBT, DBT, Client-Centred and Attachment-Based Therapy to suit different needs.

How much experience does she have?

She has 27 years of professional experience in counselling and related services.

Is she registered with a professional body in the UK?

Yes. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practices in the United Kingdom.

Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?

Yes. She accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.

What session formats are available?

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

How much do sessions cost?

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

How do I start a first session?

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