Holly Cruttenden
Compassionate counsellor for everyday life challenges
About Holly
Holly Cruttenden is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She has four years of professional experience and works with people on common problems such as stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and coping with life changes. Holly also supports those facing family tensions and people from LGBT communities.
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. Holly uses straightforward, person-focused ways of working. She adapts conversations to what each person needs and encourages clients to lead the pace and priorities.
Background and approach
In sessions she helps people notice habits of thinking, talk through difficult feelings and try practical steps to feel steadier day to day. Her approach draws on a mix of methods. Cognitive behavioural ideas help spot and test unhelpful thoughts.
Mindfulness techniques teach simple ways to ground attention in the present. Client-centred work keeps the conversation focused on the person's experience and priorities. Holly has worked with a wide range of concerns beyond the main specialties.
These include issues related to ageing and geriatric matters, autism and Asperger syndrome, caregiver stress, blended family challenges, codependency and long-standing family of origin problems. She also supports people dealing with relationship breakdown, dissociation and feelings of emptiness. Sessions can be arranged by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and are managed through a cancellable subscription. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are scheduled according to availability.
What Holly works with
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Sessions & fees
How Holly’s approaches work online
Holly uses cognitive behavioural ideas to help people notice and test unhelpful thoughts and habits. This approach is useful for anxiety, low mood and stress because it breaks problems into practical steps to try between sessions.She also draws on mindfulness techniques that teach simple attention and breathing exercises. These practices can help reduce reactivity and bring more calm into busy or overwhelming moments. Client-centred work is central too, which means sessions focus on the person's own priorities and experience rather than a fixed agenda.
Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. Holly discusses different options with each person and together they agree which methods to use based on needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative decision making may change over time as priorities shift.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls are useful for a fuller conversational feel, phone sessions can fit a short break from work, and messaging or live chat suits quick check-ins or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to schedule regular contact across time zones and busy lives.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
