Counsellor profile
Marvalyn Chambers, BACP
Counsellor - Relationships and Grief
See online counselling options- Attachment based
- Client centred
- Motivational interviewing
About Marvalyn
Counsellor Marvalyn Chambers is a BACP member with five years' experience. She helps people in the United Kingdom with relationship problems, grief, parenting issues, stress, anxiety and low self-esteem. She also works with people facing trauma and abuse, anger, career changes and depression.
Marvalyn draws on experience from the social care sector alongside psychodynamic and client-centred approaches. In practice this means she pays attention to past relationships and patterns, while focusing on the person's present thoughts and feelings. She also uses motivational interviewing techniques to help people consider change and take practical steps.
Sessions are conversational and interactive. Marvalyn listens for patterns linked to family of origin, culture and discrimination, and helps people talk through how those patterns affect day-to-day life. She offers space to discuss adoption and foster care issues, domestic violence, sexual assault and self-harm, and the knock-on effects these have on relationships and wellbeing.
Her background includes many years in social care, which she brings into her counselling work. That experience informs how she responds to people facing isolation, prejudice, Seasonal Affective Disorder and career-related stress. The approach is straightforward: notice how things have developed, make sense of them, then agree practical next steps.
People wanting to work with Marvalyn begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and booking a first session. She uses a subscription model for sessions, which can be cancelled at any time. Sessions are offered in English and she does not take international clients.
Working online with attachment, client-centred and mindfulness ideas
Marvalyn uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps when trust, intimacy or repeated relationship issues are causing distress. It looks at how past connections affect present reactions and choices.She also works in a client-centred way, which means sessions focus on the person's experience and what matters to them right now. Mindfulness-based techniques are used too to bring attention to thoughts, feelings and bodily responses, which can help with anxiety, stress and coping with change.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Marvalyn will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and agree an approach together. That decision is revisited as therapy progresses so the plan can change if needed.
The site notes session arrangements and a subscription model; please confirm the available session formats before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit therapy around work, care or other routines and can reduce travel time. Some approaches suit shorter check-ins while others need longer sessions, and the therapist will help select what fits into everyday life.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people with relationship issues, grief, parenting concerns, stress, anxiety and self-esteem problems, plus trauma, abuse and depression.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is interactive and conversational. She uses psychodynamic, client-centred and motivational interviewing approaches in sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years' experience and a background working in the social care sector.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
In what language are sessions held?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions charged?
Session cost varies with location and use of a subscription model; the subscription can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started?
Click the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.