Lilia Sykes
Skilful, person-centred support for life’s hard moments
About Lilia
Lilia Sykes offers calm, steady support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem or life changes. She listens without judgement and helps clients find practical ways to cope. Her approach aims to rebuild a better relationship with oneself and with others.
Lilia presents as warm and down-to-earth, so sessions are straightforward and focused on what matters to the person sitting in front of her. Lilia is a BACP counsellor with eight years of experience.
Background and approach
She uses a person-centred style at the core of her work, which means sessions are shaped around the client’s pace and priorities. Over time she blends in evidence-based tools when they suit the goals being worked on. Her practice addresses many concerns including stress, depression, anxiety, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, trauma and addiction.
She also supports people dealing with self-esteem, eating and sleeping difficulties, compassion fatigue, ADHD and the strains of caregiving or chronic illness. Lilia draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, mindfulness and motivational interviewing. These are used in simple, practical ways - for example noticing difficult thoughts, trying small experiments, or practising brief grounding exercises in session.
Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. She accepts international clients and works from the United Kingdom. New clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and booking a time that suits them.
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Sessions & fees
Approaches that work online and how they help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It helps people identify what matters to them and take small steps towards those values even when emotions feel difficult. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses simple experiments to test unhelpful beliefs and build different patterns over time. Client-Centred Therapy creates a warm, non-directive space where the person leads the conversation and feels heard, which can allow deeper issues to emerge at a comfortable pace.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Lilia will discuss goals and preferences and adapt methods to what the person needs. Decisions are made collaboratively so the plan fits the individual rather than forcing a single method on them.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls are useful when visual contact helps the conversation, while phone sessions reduce screen time and need less bandwidth. Live chat or text-based messaging can be a good option for shorter check-ins, writing through thoughts, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options give flexibility and let people choose the format that suits their routine and comfort.
| 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
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
