Lucy Middleton
Person-centred counsellor using practical therapies
About Lucy
Lucy Middleton trained and practises as an integrative counsellor in the United Kingdom. She holds the NCPS credential and has six years of experience supporting people through difficult life moments. Lucy aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can bring their own agenda and be heard.
She uses a mix of approaches and chooses what fits each person. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, for example, helps spot and change unhelpful thoughts and teaches practical coping strategies.
Background and approach
Other times she uses a more open, person-centred way that lets someone reflect and make sense of past and present experience. Lucy has worked in a women's charity in an area of low socioeconomic resources. Much of that work involved helping people affected by childhood adversity, ongoing trauma and barriers to services.
She helped people to find ways to manage trauma, grief, depression, anxiety and problems around relationships and parenting. She also works within NHS Talking Therapies and in independent practice, bringing experience from both charity and clinical settings. This background means she is used to practical problem-solving as well as longer, reflective work.
Lucy describes herself as person-centred in style. That means she listens without judgement and helps people recognise their own strengths. She supports people as they take steps towards changes that matter to them.
What Lucy works with
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Lucy often uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and a person-centred, client-centred approach. CBT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and learn practical ways to change thinking patterns and behaviour, which is useful for anxiety, depression and stress. Client-centred work focuses on listening and supporting a person to explore their experiences and find their own solutions, which can be helpful for trauma, grief and relationship concerns.Finding the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose which approach, or combination of approaches, fits their needs, goals and preferences. This means techniques and the pace of work are agreed together rather than imposed.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls let sessions feel more like in-person appointments and support face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be useful when lower bandwidth or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide flexibility for people who prefer typing or need to fit support around work and family commitments. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to access therapy from different locations.
| 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
- 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
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
