Anabelle Tidmarsh, BACP

Anabelle Tidmarsh is a person-centred practitioner who supports people in accessing their own resilience and inner resources through a collaborative counselling relationship. She completed an MSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy at Keele University with distinction - a master level qualification in therapeutic practice - and brings her experience as both a therapist and a former client to her work. Anabelle has four years of professional experience and has worked with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, trauma, and low self-esteem.

She incorporates relaxation and yoga-informed practices into sessions with clients who have experienced trauma, believing that attending to the body can be a helpful complement to talking therapies. Anabelle takes time to learn about each person's support network, strengths, and the life experiences that have shaped them, and she treats clients as the expert on their own lives. Her role is to create a supportive space where exploration of defence patterns and unhelpful routines can lead to practical, meaningful change.

Anabelle aims to help people identify goals for counselling and to feel seen, heard, and accepted during the therapeutic process. Outside of work she enjoys family time and walking her springer spaniel Olly.

How Client-Centered Work and Body-Aware Practices Fit Online

Client-Centered Therapy places the client at the heart of the process, emphasising empathy, acceptance, and active listening so people can explore their feelings and make choices that align with their values. This approach is helpful for issues like low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, and coping with life changes because it supports self-discovery rather than imposing solutions.

Alongside a person-centred framework, Anabelle draws on relaxation and yoga-informed techniques to bring attention to the body when working with trauma and stress. These gentle practices can help people notice physical tension, develop grounding skills, and complement verbal exploration in ways that support emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Anabelle collaborates with each client to identify what feels most helpful, adjusting methods to match individual needs, goals, and preferences. The therapeutic relationship is a partnership where different tools are tried and refined together.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and daily life. For many people this accessibility supports consistency in attendance and allows them to work with registered professionals from their own environment, using the format that feels most comfortable and effective for them.