About Lucy
Lucy Middleton is a counsellor with six years' experience in the United Kingdom. She holds NCPS and works in both NHS Talking Therapies and independent practice. Her background includes supporting people with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties and a wide range of life stresses.
She uses an integrative approach, choosing methods to suit each person. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and build practical strategies. At other times she offers a person-centred space for reflection and to help make sense of difficult experiences.
Background and approach
Earlier work at a women’s charity exposed Lucy to the effects of poverty, limited resources and repeated trauma. She supported many people through sexual abuse, childhood trauma, substance-related concerns and the practical strains of parenting and relationship breakdown. Those roles shaped a practical, down-to-earth way of working.
In sessions she listens without judgement and invites people to set the agenda. She emphasises strengths and small steps that feel manageable. Her style aims to help people feel more able to cope with grief, addiction, phobias, self‑esteem issues and life transitions.
Lucy offers therapy online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. International clients may be accepted and she runs work within NHS and personal settings. If you want a straightforward, compassionate counsellor who blends practical tools with open listening, she may be a good match.
How these approaches work online
Lucy commonly uses Client‑Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in online work. Client‑Centred Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's agenda, helping them make sense of their experiences and build confidence. CBT looks at thought patterns and practical steps to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful behaviours.Choosing the right approach is part of the process and happens together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and the issues you bring, then suggest which methods might help most. That decision is reviewed as work continues so the plan can change as needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video works well for a fuller conversation, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging suit brief check‑ins or those who prefer writing. These options let people access support from different places and at different times while keeping the focus on progress and practical steps.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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