About me
I'm Marcelle — a psychotherapist registered with the BACP and licensed in California and Florida. I offer online therapy for adults in the UK and Europe, with a particular focus on American expats navigating the emotional complexity of life abroad.
If you've moved to the UK and found it harder than you expected — not just practically, but in yourself — you're not alone. Many of the people I work with describe feeling between two worlds, performing a slightly edited version of themselves, or carrying a loneliness they feel guilty about because they chose to be here. The move may also have shifted things in your relationship in ways that are hard to name. As a fellow American living in London, I don't need the cultural context explained. I understand this experience from the inside.
Beyond the expat experience, I work with women navigating anxiety, trauma, codependency, people-pleasing, and life transitions. Many are high-functioning professionals — in healthcare, law, tech, design — who hold everything together outwardly and are quietly exhausted underneath. They've often tried therapy before. What they're looking for now is something that reaches deeper than conversation alone.
I use EMDR, somatic therapy, and IFS (parts work) alongside more traditional relational and psychodynamic approaches. This means we work with the body and nervous system as well as the mind — going to the root of what's keeping you stuck, not just the surface.
My approach is warm, honest, and direct. I don't just reflect back what you say — I help you understand it differently, and feel it differently.
Sessions are in person in North West London or online via Zoom, available weekdays and Sundays. I offer a free 15-minute initial consultation. Alongside my psychotherapy practice, I also offer Mother–Daughter Coaching for women wanting to heal the mother-daughter relationship and break generational patterns.
Training, qualifications & experience
Registered Member MBACP — British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #129593) — California and Florida, USA
MA in Counselling Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute (2019)
PGCert in Systemic Family Therapy, King's College London (2022)
MA in African Studies and MPH, UCLA (2009)
EMDR trained — Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)
Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed
Certified Meditation Teacher and Mindfulness Instructor
Certified Consulting Hypnotist, National Guild of Hypnotists
Certified Yoga Instructor
Nearly a decade of clinical experience working with adults in private practice across the UK and USA.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
American expats and internationally mobile adults.
I have a particular specialism in working with American expats living in the UK and across Europe. Moving abroad brings its own emotional complexity — the loneliness that is hard to explain to people back home, the identity shifts that come with building a life in a new culture, and the relationship strain that often follows a major relocation.
As a fellow American living in London, I understand this experience personally. Clients do not need to spend time explaining cultural context — I already live it. I work with expats navigating adjustment, anxiety, relationship difficulties, and the particular disorientation of feeling between two worlds.
I also support women navigating the mother-daughter relationship and generational patterns through my coaching practice. If this is something you are interested in, please visit my website for more information.
Therapies offered
Fees
£125.00 - £155.00
Additional information
Individual sessions: £155 per 50-minute session Couples sessions (for mothers and daughters): £200 per session
Concession rates are available for those on lower incomes — please do ask when you get in touch. I aim to make therapy accessible where possible.
I offer a free 15-minute initial consultation via Zoom before we begin. This is a relaxed, no-obligation conversation to explore whether working together feels like a good fit.
Further information
Online therapy
I offer online sessions via Zoom — secure, confidential, and accessible from anywhere in the UK or Europe, as well as select international time zones. Online therapy allows us to work together regardless of location, and is particularly well suited to expat clients and those with demanding or varied schedules.
In-person therapy
In-person sessions are available in North West London.
Sessions are 50 minutes. I offer appointments on weekdays — mornings, afternoons, and evenings — and on Sundays.
Therapy modalities I draw on: EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Somatic therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS / parts work), Psychodynamic therapy, Relational therapy, Integrative therapy, Person-centred therapy, Systemic therapy, Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM), Mindfulness-based approaches, CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
Clients I work with: Adults, EAP clients, Teenagers (16+)
