Holly Hird, BACP

Holly Hird is a qualified psychotherapist who believes that positive mental health is a vital part of wellbeing at every stage of life. She supports adults and adolescents through difficult moments and helps people tackle issues from the past that continue to affect their present. Holly works to identify underlying patterns, address unhelpful thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and guide clients toward clearer, more constructive ways of managing life’s challenges.

Her practice is flexible, creative and nurturing, and she encourages bringing personality and a touch of humour into sessions where appropriate. Holly places strong emphasis on a collaborative therapeutic relationship - she works with each person to identify priorities and to tailor a plan that reflects individual needs and goals. With mutual commitment, therapy becomes a process that can be demanding and also deeply empowering.

Over the course of 10 years Holly has worked in varied settings with a wide range of adult and adolescent clients. She supports people with concerns including stress and anxiety, addictions, self-esteem, career difficulties, depression, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, anger, bipolar disorder, ADHD and many other life transitions and coping issues. Holly is an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP - a professional body that sets recognised ethical and practice standards for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK.