Marika Cook

I hold remote sessions on Mondays and Tuesdays.

In person sessions are held on Tuesday late afternoon/early evening, throughout the day on Thursdays, and Friday mornings. 

Wednesday is my day off, and I don't work at weekends.

If you find relationships are difficult or a struggle somehow, leaving you feeling frustrated or invisible, I may be able to help. I support people who’ve either grown up feeling misunderstood by their family and friends, or find people-ing hard in adult life. Even with the best intentions, well meaning others may have offered you unasked for advice, minimised your experiences, and even left you feeling judged in some way; I don't do that; I'll tailor our work together to your individual situation.

If you’re neurodivergent and have found previous therapy to be a bit stiff or unhelpful, I may be a good fit for you; I’m down to earth, approachable, and love to explore with people wanting to learn more about themselves and problem solve. Oh, and I’m ND myself (Audhd).

​Having developed a very keen interest in self-exploration, both through my own personal therapy and during my training (and ongoing, I’m returning to study in October 2025), I am an open, steady and curious therapist; if you’re a counselling student, or simply interested in finding out more about yourself, we may be a good match!

I work with great care and take my clients' issues seriously, but I'm also a human in sessions. We might laugh, you might feel challenged, it won't always be easy. But you will be accepted, and I always work with integrity.

I see clients in person at Hadley Community Centre, 30 High Street, Hadley TF1 5NL. There's plenty of free parking if you're driving, and a nearby bus stop if you're on public transport.

When you arrive, I'll either meet you at the door, or you can drop me a text from the car park and I'll come out to you to take you up to the room. It might be useful for you to know that the room is at the top of a small flight of stairs. If you'd prefer a slot during a quieter time of day, with fewer people around, just let me know.

I also see clients online using Whereby, which is a lot like Zoom, or WhatsApp. If you'd prefer to speak on the phone, we can do that. And if you change your mind about the format of the sessions at any time, for instance you'd like to begin on the phone but then move to face to face, that's something we can do too.

Confidentiality is a big part of counselling and part of our first session is for me to explain the limits to confidentiality I have as a counsellor. It can be a scary business, opening up to someone you don't know. It's important to me that you feel as comfortable as possible.

​There will be space in this session for us to talk about what's going on for you, and to begin working together. It's also an opportunity for you to ask any questions you might have about the way we will work together. It might be that you've had counselling before and we can discuss what you've found helpful - or not so helpful, and what you're looking for from our sessions. 

I offer remote supervision sessions on Mondays, Tuesday mornings, and Friday afternoons. 

My fees are £20 for 60 minute sessions, and £25 for 90 minutes.

In case it's useful for you to know at this stage: I'm unavailable between between 18th December 2025 and 4th January inclusive.

I have recently completed my supervision training with the fantastic Robin Shohet and Joan Wilmot at the Centre for Supervision and Team Development in London and am now gaining practice hours for my certificate, which I'm really enjoying. 

Robin and Joan created the 7 eyed model of supervision. Each eye is a lens through which to look at the work, meaning we have lots of scope for exploring your client work: through our relationship, through looking at interventions used with clients, through role play...amongst others! My focus as a supervisor is on process over content.

My aim as a supervisor is to provide a shame-free, reflective space for you to bring whatever might be going on for you in your work, to champion you, and bring gentle challenge to shine a light on any growth edges you may have.

First of all, we'll have an initial call or online session to check out whether we'll be a good fit for working together; I usually allow 30 minutes for this.

Thereafter we can meet at intervals that work best for you; whether that's monthly for 1 - 1.5 hours, or on an ad hoc basis.