About Lilia
Lilia Sykes offers calm, attentive support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem or life changes. She welcomes conversations about relationships, grief, addiction, trauma, eating and sleeping difficulties, and work-related strain. Her style aims to help people feel understood and find practical ways forward.
Lilia is a BACP counsellor practising from the United Kingdom with eight years’ experience. She centres sessions on a person-centred approach, giving people space to speak and be heard.
How Lilia works
This non-directive stance helps clients set the pace and choose what matters most to them. Alongside a person-centred foundation, she draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing. These methods are used in simple, practical ways to manage anxious thoughts, build coping skills and clarify values.
Interventions are introduced only when the client wants them. Sessions can include short exercises, reflective listening and collaborative planning. Lilia offers phone sessions more often to limit screen time, but will use video or live chat if preferred.
She also supports ongoing contact between meetings when appropriate. Her background includes independent practice work and continued professional development in therapeutic approaches. Lilia describes herself as warm and adaptable and respects cultural differences and individual lifestyles.
She aims to help people develop a better relationship with themselves and others.
Lilia lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Lilia works with
The areas below are the ones Lilia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How different approaches can work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters most to you and taking small steps towards those values, even when difficult thoughts are present. It can help with anxiety, low mood and life transitions by building chosen actions rather than fighting every feeling. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and some addictive behaviours. Mindfulness Therapy brings attention to the present moment through simple practices that reduce rumination and increase calm, which many people find helpful for stress and emotional regulation.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try methods collaboratively. Some people prefer a skills-based route like CBT, while others want a gentler, exploratory person-centred process; Lilia adapts methods to each person's needs.
Online sessions offer flexibility and accessibility. Video calls are close to face-to-face contact and suit deeper conversations; phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier for people who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat or text messaging allow short check-ins, written reflection and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep continuity when circumstances change.
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