Marilyn Hawkes
Practical support for stress and relationships
About Marilyn
Marilyn Hawkes helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, eating concerns and addictions. She also supports people facing relationship problems, parenting strains, grief and family difficulties. Marilyn writes plainly and offers steady support for people wanting practical change.
She keeps sessions straightforward. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what feels most urgent. She aims to listen without judgement and to help people find small, manageable steps forward.
Background and approach
Marilyn uses a mix of methods that suit each person. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to help spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviours.
Work together is collaborative. The counsellor asks questions, offers gentle challenges and helps set clear goals or experiments between sessions. Motivational interviewing is used to help build motivation and explore mixed feelings about change.
With three years of professional experience and BACP registration, Marilyn practises in the United Kingdom. Sessions are offered in English and are shaped around each person’s needs and pace. She encourages those who are ready to take a first step towards change.
What Marilyn works with
How Marilyn works
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Sessions & fees
How online approaches are used in therapy
Marilyn often combines attachment-based ideas with cognitive behavioural strategies in online work. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns, helping people understand why they react in certain ways and what might soften those patterns. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing different behaviours to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.Deciding which approach to use is a joint process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals and what feels most helpful. Together they shape a plan that can change as progress is made, so the approach fits the person rather than the other way around.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth work and visual cues, phone calls can fit a short break at work or require less bandwidth, and text or chat can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around daily life and to keep work going between sessions.
| 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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
