About Lucy
Lucy Gardner is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who supports people facing phobias, anxiety, depression, stress and grief. She uses a respectful, sensitive approach and aims to personalise conversations and plans to each person. She welcomes clients who struggle with motivation, self‑esteem and confidence and helps them take practical steps forward.
With four years of experience and the NCPS credential, she blends evidence-informed approaches with a warm, straightforward style.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals, skills you can use between meetings, and gentle reflection on patterns that keep problems going. Lucy avoids jargon and explains techniques in everyday language. Her work commonly addresses trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep and eating problems, and difficulties such as OCD, panic and phobias.
She also supports people dealing with life transitions, compassion fatigue, addiction and neurodiverse issues like autism and Asperger syndrome. In a session Lucy listens first and then offers options from several approaches, including mindfulness and acceptance-based methods. She encourages small experiments and practical steps to test what helps.
The aim is to build coping skills and clearer direction rather than quick fixes. Lucy describes therapy as a collaborative process. She asks about what matters most to you and adjusts the plan as you progress.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and her focus is on steady, achievable change rather than pressure.
How Lucy's approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps you notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on the values that matter. It uses simple exercises to build action, even when feelings are uncomfortable, and can suit worries, phobias and mood problems.Client‑Centered Therapy puts the person and their experience at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens without judgement and helps you find your own solutions, which supports confidence and self‑direction across many concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lucy will talk with you about your goals, try different techniques and agree what feels most helpful. That way the plan reflects your needs, pace and preferences rather than a one‑size‑fits‑all method.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls make face‑to‑face conversation possible when travel is difficult. Phone sessions or short live chat exchanges suit quick check‑ins or times with lower bandwidth. Text‑based messaging can be useful for brief updates, reflection between sessions or when you prefer writing to talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while keeping continuity of care with a trained professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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