Dr. Lucy Flitton
Practical therapy for anxiety and life change
About Lucy
Dr Lucy Flitton welcomes people who feel stuck, anxious, low, or drained by life changes. She introduces simple, practical steps to help calm racing thoughts and make small shifts that add up. Lucy writes clearly and speaks plainly, so parents reading on a phone can quickly see how she might help.
Her practice draws on 17 years of experience across psychological and therapeutic approaches. She uses a client-centred way of working that keeps the person's story at the centre.
Background and approach
That means sessions focus on what matters to the individual and on building tools that can be used day to day. Lucy blends methods that look at thoughts and behaviours with approaches that pay attention to relationships and emotional patterns. She also draws on ideas from developmental and health psychology when relevant.
The goal is to help people manage anxiety, stress, sleep problems, addiction issues, low mood and relationship difficulties with clearer thinking and steadier feelings. She has additional focus on concerns such as attachment difficulties, body image, chronic illness and disability, ADHD, grief, intimacy-related issues, and the challenges that come with separation and blended families.
Lucy also works with people exploring kink and non-normative sexual cultures and those coping with compassion fatigue or career strain. Sessions are available in English and can be arranged for international clients. Therapy is offered online by video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions in line with the therapist's timetable.
What Lucy works with
How Lucy works
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Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting pulled into them and focus on valued actions. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and getting unstuck. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches concrete tools to reduce distress and change patterns that cause problems.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to try methods that suit their goals and preferences, reviewing what helps and adapting as the work progresses. This means practical techniques and reflective work can be blended to match what the person needs.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are close to face-to-face sessions and work well for deeper conversations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat or text messaging can suit quick check-ins, ongoing support, or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family and travel commitments while still using the therapist's chosen approaches.
| 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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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 17 years
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Languages
- English
