Leo Puttock
Person-centred counsellor using ACT and mindfulness
About Leo
Leo Puttock is a counsellor who works from a person-centred perspective. He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness and solution-focused ideas to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. Leo aims to create a calm space where people can talk through difficult feelings and consider practical steps forward.
He has six years' experience working in the United Kingdom across the NHS, local charities and his own practice. That background means he is used to supporting people with a wide range of concerns, including addictions, eating and intimacy-related issues, and career or parenting strain.
Background and approach
He also offers support around gender and sexuality matters and is an ally to the LGBT community. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs. Leo starts from a person-centred stance, listening closely and following what matters to the individual.
He then brings in other techniques as useful, such as acceptance strategies, mindfulness exercises or short-term solution-focused tools. Practical themes Leo addresses include relationship patterns, attachment and abandonment worries, emotions like guilt or shame, and coping with life changes such as separation or bereavement. He also works with more specific concerns such as ADHD-related difficulties, bipolar disorder and substance use issues.
People can expect clear, straightforward conversation in sessions. Leo encourages clients to clarify values, try small experiments between meetings, and practise mindfulness skills to manage difficult moments. He invites anyone curious to take the first step and discuss their needs.
What Leo works with
How Leo works
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Sessions & fees
How Leo's approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values. Online ACT sessions often include brief exercises and values clarification to guide practical choices. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to manage overwhelming feelings and build awareness in everyday life.Leo combines these approaches with a person-centred stance, so the choice of methods is collaborative. He will work with each person to decide whether ACT, mindfulness or short solution-focused work suits their goals. That conversation guides how sessions are planned and what exercises to try between meetings.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided practices, phone sessions can fit a shorter break or low bandwidth, live chat is useful for real-time written dialogue, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options give flexibility so therapy can fit around work, family and daily life.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
