About Lesley
Lesley Palm is a counsellor who brings four years of experience to people facing stress, anxiety and life changes. She uses a gentle, person-led approach and works at a pace that suits each individual. Lesley is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and offers sessions in English across the United Kingdom and internationally.
Lesley focuses on practical, everyday concerns such as managing anxiety, coping with grief, dealing with addictions, and building self-esteem.
How Lesley works
She also helps with relationship concerns, career stress, parenting strain and the challenges of midlife. Sessions are tailored to what matters most to the person in front of her. Her way of working draws on client-centred listening, mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing.
Lesley aims to create a calm space to talk things through, notice patterns and try out new ways of responding. She describes the therapeutic relationship as the most important part of the work. Lesley offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
People using her service follow a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. Costs vary with location and the subscription chosen. To begin, people use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
Lesley also brings life coaching and mindfulness teaching to sessions when that suits a person’s goals.
Lesley lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Lesley works with
The areas below are the ones Lesley selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Lesley uses client-centred therapy to place the person’s concerns and choices at the heart of each session. That means she listens with attention, follows what matters to the person and helps them decide what to try next. This approach is helpful for people who want a supportive space to talk and make sense of their feelings.She also brings mindfulness practices into sessions to help people notice thoughts and bodily responses without judgement. Mindfulness can be useful for managing anxiety, improving focus and reducing stress in daily life. Motivational interviewing is another element of her work; it is a collaborative way of exploring goals and building motivation for change, which can be useful with addictions, lifestyle shifts and habit change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lesley will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and choose methods together. The process is collaborative and can adapt over time as priorities change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls suit deeper conversations where seeing facial cues helps, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging can be used for shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family life and other commitments, and to continue support if circumstances change.
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