Marie Potter , BACP

Marie Potter offers one-to-one counselling designed to help people make sense of moments when life feels confusing, overwhelming, or stuck. She welcomes those who may find it hard to ask for help, and works collaboratively to find clarity, new direction, and inner strength. Through their work together clients may develop practical resources, shift outlooks toward the future, or reach a place of greater acceptance of a situation.

Her practice is built on a warm, trusting, and personal therapeutic relationship so people feel able to share thoughts and feelings they may not have voiced before. Marie recognises that opening up can take time and may not feel easy at first; she gives clients the space and patience needed to progress at a comfortable pace.

As an integrative counsellor she draws on a range of approaches studied and practised across her career. This flexibility allows her to introduce different ideas and theories into sessions to deepen a person’s understanding of themselves and their behaviours, and to support growing confidence to make meaningful changes and move forward.

Integrative Approaches and Online Support

Marie works from an integrative perspective, combining ideas from different evidence-based therapeutic techniques to tailor support to each person’s needs. This integrative approach focuses on understanding a person’s experience and drawing on multiple ways of working to promote insight and change.

She also uses skills-based techniques that teach practical coping strategies for managing stress, anxiety, low mood, and everyday challenges. These methods aim to build tools clients can apply between sessions to improve day-to-day functioning.

For people dealing with difficult life events or trauma, Marie offers trauma-aware support that proceeds at a pace the client finds manageable, helping them process experiences and rebuild a sense of stability.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process, and Marie collaborates with each person to identify what fits best with their goals, preferences, and circumstances. She works alongside clients to adapt methods as therapy progresses.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to access consistent care while fitting sessions around work, family, and other commitments. These options provide flexibility and continuity, letting people engage with therapists from home or elsewhere and maintain regular progress without needing to travel.