Judith "Jude" Holland, BACP

Judith "Jude" Holland is a UK-based therapist with 27 years of professional experience and a BACP credential - membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has a long history of supporting people through relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and major life changes, drawing on a wide range of clinical training to meet varied needs.

She views each person as the expert of their own story and builds on existing strengths to address what feels most challenging. Her practice includes work with sexual trauma, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality features, as well as couple work. She is a trained EMDR therapist and has formal training in DBT, and she also works as a professional female abuse recovery coach.

Her earlier roles include work for the NHS in a sexual assault centre supporting women and families, and service leadership supporting men who had been sexually assaulted. Her therapeutic career began with establishing a student counselling service in education, followed by about 15 years teaching therapy. Later she worked in adult education as head of service at a music college and university, combining an interest in music with work supporting young people experiencing performance anxiety using brainspotting therapy.

Judith approaches therapy without a one-size-fits-all model, tailoring methods to fit each person. She is passionate about helping people feel heard, valued, and supported while also offering appropriate challenge and respect as part of lasting change. She looks forward to the possibility of working together and building a therapeutic relationship that suits each individual.