Judith "Jude" Holland, BACP

Judith "Jude" Holland is a UK-based therapist with 27 years of professional experience supporting people through relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, and major life transitions. She works with a wide range of presenting issues including bipolar and borderline personality concerns, addictions, intimacy challenges, eating and sleeping problems, parenting and career stresses, and the emotional impact of serious illness or caregiving roles. Jude combines clinical training with practical coaching skills, offering work on abuse recovery and sexual trauma, and she brings experience with couples therapy as well as individual therapy for men and women.

Her career includes roles within the NHS at a sexual assault centre where she supported women and families, and later leadership work with men who have been sexually assaulted. Early in her practice she established a student counselling service and spent about 15 years teaching therapy, followed by a period as head of service in adult education at a music college and university where she supported young people with performance anxiety using brainspotting techniques. Jude is trained in EMDR and in Dialectical Behavior Therapy - approaches she integrates with client-centered and attachment-aware work.

She believes people bring expertise and strengths to the therapeutic process, and she aims to build a collaborative relationship that balances support, challenge, and respect. Jude holds BACP accreditation - membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and accepts clients across the UK and internationally.

Integrating therapeutic approaches for online support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take meaningful action even when difficult thoughts or feelings arise. It uses gentle acceptance and practical steps to help with issues like anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in relationships and how early connections shape current emotional responses. This approach can be useful for relationship difficulties, intimacy issues, abandonment concerns, and people wanting to understand how past attachments affect present behaviour.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for managing intense emotions, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and reducing impulsive or self-harming behaviour. It is often used for emotion regulation, relationship skills, and coping with crises.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Judith works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as the work progresses.

Online sessions - by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - make it easier to arrange appointments around work, family, or travel and to continue therapy from different locations. Registered professionals can provide the same thoughtful, evidence-informed approaches through these flexible formats, helping clients access support in a way that suits their life.