Marianne Blackmore

Marianne Blackmore is a counsellor who aims to make therapy straightforward and relatable. She focuses on building a steady, trusting relationship first. Marianne uses empathy and creative ideas to help people manage stress, anger, anxiety and life changes.

She brings five years of professional experience working across education, care settings and creative industries. That background informs a practical style that balances listening with purposeful conversation. Marianne believes people are the experts on their own lives and looks for strengths to draw on during work together.

Sessions often address low mood, burnout and compassion fatigue, as well as relationship and family concerns and parenting stresses. Marianne also supports people with issues such as sleep problems, addictions, career uncertainty, self-esteem and ADHD-related difficulties. She is able to communicate in English and American Sign Language for those who need it.

Her approach combines client-centred work, motivational interviewing and psychodynamic ideas. That mix means sessions can be warm and person-focused, help find motivation for change, and look at how past patterns affect present choices. Creative methods are sometimes used alongside conversation.

Marianne is registered with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She practises from Kentucky and uses a subscription model for sessions that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire.

How Marianne’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. It helps people feel heard and build their own solutions for stress, anger and self-esteem issues. Motivational Interviewing uses gentle, goal-focused conversation to uncover reasons for change and boost drive to try new behaviours, useful for addiction and motivation problems.

Psychodynamic ideas look at recurring patterns that come from past relationships and experiences, helping people understand why they react a certain way now. Marianne uses these approaches together so sessions are collaborative; she will help clients and the counsellor find the best fit for goals and preferences as work progresses.

Confirm the exact session formats before booking as this profile does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, avoid travel time and choose quieter moments for a check-in. Some formats are better for short coaching-style conversations while others suit longer reflective work, so practical fit is discussed when arranging sessions.