Marzena Uphill , BACP

Marzena Uphill is a licensed therapist based in the United Kingdom with 5 years of professional experience and membership in the BACP, which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She works with people facing a wide range of concerns, from relationship and communication difficulties to family or work-related stress, loss and bereavement, anxiety, depression, and childhood trauma.

Her approach is grounded in helping clients develop greater self-awareness, self-esteem, self-confidence, and practical coping strategies. She frames each person as the expert of their own story and aims to draw on individual strengths to address the challenges that bring them to therapy. Marzena emphasizes support and empowerment as central elements of the therapeutic journey, acknowledging the courage it takes to pursue change and a more fulfilling life.

She integrates a variety of theoretical perspectives into her work, including holistic and psychodynamic ideas that explore how present difficulties can be influenced by unconscious motivations and earlier relationships. This flexible stance allows her to combine reflective insight with practical techniques tailored to each person.

Marzena offers therapy in English and Polish and supports people with a broad set of issues, including stress, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem concerns, LGBT matters, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting and family problems, career-related stress, chronic illness and caregiver strain, and challenges around attachment and abandonment.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and to clarify personal values so actions align with what matters most - it can help with anxiety, depression, and motivation-related struggles. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns formed in early relationships and how they influence current connections and emotional responses, which is useful for attachment issues, abandonment fears, and relationship difficulties. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, respect, and a non-directive stance so the person feels heard and can lead the pace of change; it supports self-esteem, grief work, and coping with life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Marzena works collaboratively to identify methods that fit each person’s needs, goals, and preferences. She draws on these approaches flexibly rather than following a single formula, adapting the work as understanding deepens.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers practical flexibility for people balancing work, family, or health needs. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to access licensed professionals from different locations while tailoring the format to what feels most comfortable and effective for the individual.