Marlene Leach, BACP

Marlene Leach is a counsellor with 14 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with people facing anxiety, depression, relationship strain and difficult life changes. Marlene affirms that each person brings strengths to the work and she encourages courage in taking the first step to seek support.

Her practice aims to be a calm place for talking about trauma, abuse, addiction and low self esteem. She also helps people manage anger, obsessive behaviours and the fallout from difficult family dynamics, including issues around narcissism at home or work.

Marlene uses a person-centred stance that keeps the client’s experience central. She draws on emotionally focused ideas when relationships and attachment come into view, and she brings existential thinking when people face big life questions or loss. These approaches shape gentle, honest conversation rather than a rigid formula.

She has additional focus on ageing and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and cancer-related concerns. Marlene also supports people navigating abandonment wounds, codependency and substance problems as part of a wider plan to restore balance.

Marlene offers sessions in English, Italian and Maltese. To start, a short questionnaire matches people to the right pathway and then appointments are scheduled according to the therapist’s availability. The subscription-based sessions can be cancelled at any time.

How Marlene's approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so people can make sense of their feelings and choices. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps when relationship patterns and attachment are causing pain by identifying emotions behind interactions and trying different responses. Existential Therapy invites people to talk about meaning, loss and life transitions, helping them face big questions and make clearer choices.

Finding the right approach is part of the journey. Marlene will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit a person’s needs, goals and preferences. That means trying things, reflecting together and adjusting the focus over time rather than prescribing a single path from the start.

The biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make therapy fit around day-to-day life by removing travel, allowing shorter check-ins during a busy day, or letting someone choose a quieter time of day. It also means people further afield can access a therapist who speaks English, Italian or Maltese and who has experience in ageing, caregiver stress and chronic illness concerns.