About Jody
Jody Lumley helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief and relationship difficulties. She also supports those dealing with addiction, low self-esteem, bipolar mood challenges and major life changes. Jody is a BACP counsellor with nine years' experience and works with people who are exploring identity, intimacy issues or the effects of past abuse.
Jody aims to make the first step easier. She offers a calm, non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through.
How Jody works
Sessions focus on what matters to the person in front of her, at a pace they can manage. Her approach draws on client-centred principles to keep the person’s experience central. She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to help spot and shift unhelpful thinking patterns.
Mindfulness strategies are introduced to build attention and reduce reactivity in everyday moments. Jody has supported people with work-related trauma and those who have experienced domestic violence, self-harm, childhood trauma and complex post-traumatic stress. She has experience of caring roles, cancer-related stress and neurodiversity such as autism and Asperger syndrome, and she helps people with attachment and abandonment concerns.
Practical goals tend to be set together, whether that means managing panic, improving communication, or finding steadier routines for mood. Jody adapts her style to each person, drawing on solution-focused and psychodynamic ideas when they fit the issue. Her aim is to help people feel more able to cope and to make changes that last.
Jody lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Jody works with
The areas below are the ones Jody selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Jody's Approaches Work Online
Jody uses client-centred work to keep the person's experience at the core of therapy. That means sessions begin by listening closely to what matters most and shaping the conversation around the person's priorities. This approach helps when people need a steady, accepting space to talk about painful experiences.She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying practical alternatives. CBT is useful for problems like anxiety, low mood and stress because it gives clear tools to change everyday thoughts and behaviours.
Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the process. Jody will work collaboratively to choose methods that fit a person's goals and preferences, adjusting techniques as progress is made. The approach is discussed openly so people know why particular tools are being used.
Online therapy offers flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when it helps, phone sessions need less bandwidth, live chat can be useful for shorter check-ins and text-based messaging supports people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and other commitments while still working through chosen issues with a registered professional.
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