About
- Person-centred approach
- Works with anxiety
- LGBTQ+ inclusive
About Lucy
Lucy Palmer is a counsellor registered with the BACP and has three years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She practises in a person-centred way and lists common concerns she helps people with, including anxiety, depression, stress, identity and LGBT issues, grief, relationships and parenting matters.
She describes herself as LGBTQ+ inclusive and uses an integrative approach. That means she draws on person-centred ideas alongside elements from cognitive behavioural, psychodynamic and pluralistic ways of working. The therapeutic relationship is central to how she works.
Lucy aims to help people reconnect with their own resilience and to notice patterns that make life harder. Sessions involve listening, reflecting and gently challenging where helpful. Practical coping ideas are offered alongside space to talk about feelings.
Her background includes a Higher National Diploma in Counselling and roles as a listening service volunteer and online peer supporter. Those experiences inform how she responds to distress and practical life problems.
Lucy offers live sessions by video call, telephone and messaging. She runs live sessions on Tuesdays. Before booking, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. International clients are not currently accepted and sessions are held in English.
How sessions work
How Lucy uses client-centred work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and helping people feel understood. The counsellor offers acceptance and reflection so a person can explore their feelings and make sense of personal struggles. This approach can be helpful for issues such as anxiety, low self-esteem, identity questions and relationship stresses.Lucy also describes an integrative way of working, drawing on ideas from cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic approaches when they fit a person's needs. Cognitive ideas can help with noticing thinking patterns and trying small behavioural changes. Psychodynamic ideas can help people see long-standing patterns coming from earlier relationships. Choices about methods are made together during sessions and reviewed as work progresses.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process and the counsellor will work collaboratively to decide what fits the person's goals and preferences. That includes regular check-ins about how sessions are going and adjusting the focus where needed.
This profile notes that she offers live sessions by video call, telephone and messaging, but it does not list every possible option. Confirm the exact session formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a week, allow shorter check-ins when required, and reduce travel time so sessions sit better around family and work commitments.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family or parenting concerns does she address?
She lists parenting and family among the issues she helps people with, including blended family issues, communication problems and divorce and separation.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She works in a person-centred way and uses an integrative approach, drawing on humanistic, CBT, psychodynamic and pluralistic ideas with the relationship at the heart of sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years' experience working as a counsellor in the United Kingdom and has also been a listening service volunteer and online peer supporter.
What professional credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and is based in Scotland, United Kingdom.
Are sessions available in other languages or for international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are used for sessions?
She offers live sessions by video call, telephone and messaging. Confirm the current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin the process of working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.