Anabelle Tidmarsh

Anabelle Tidmarsh is a person-centred counsellor with a Master of Science in Counselling and Psychotherapy from Keele University, awarded with distinction. She holds BACP registration and brings four years of practice experience to her work. Anabelle aims to help people notice their own strengths and build resilience in the face of stress, anxiety, grief and anger.

She keeps sessions simple and direct. Anabelle listens closely to understand each person's history, support network and current challenges. She invites clients to say what they want from counselling and treats them as the expert on their own life.

Her approach pays attention to the body as well as thoughts and feelings. She has led relaxation and yoga sessions for people who have experienced trauma and often uses gentle body awareness alongside talking. This can help when sleep, eating or somatic tension are part of the problem.

Anabelle works with a wide range of concerns including relationship difficulties, intimacy issues, parenting strains, low self-esteem and coping with life changes. She also supports people facing LGBT-related concerns and those dealing with bereavement.

She aims to build a warm, accepting relationship so clients can explore old defence patterns that no longer help them. Outside work she enjoys family time and walking her springer spaniel, Olly.

How client-centred work adapts to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance and helping people find their own answers. The counsellor creates space for clients to talk about what matters most and supports them to notice their strengths and values. This approach can be helpful for anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship concerns and anger by allowing clients to set the pace and topics for each session.

She also combines gentle body-awareness work such as relaxation and breathing exercises alongside talking. These simple practices help when stress shows up in the body, with sleep or with eating, and can be used in sessions to teach calmer ways of responding to strong feelings.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy journey. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide what helps most, adjusting methods to fit a person's needs, goals and preferences rather than imposing one style.

Session formats are not listed in the available biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules require it. It also means exercises such as guided relaxation can be practised together during a session and then repeated at home to build new habits.