About Lorraine
Lorraine Ballintine is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with nine years of professional experience. She holds BACP, which indicates membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Lorraine focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression and loss.
She offers a calm, non-judgemental space where clients can talk through difficult feelings. Lorraine aims to help people build confidence, find motivation and manage upsetting memories.
How Lorraine works
Conversations are paced to each person’s needs and concerns. Her practice pays attention to relationship and intimacy-related worries, and to practical life changes such as career shifts or caregiving pressures. Lorraine also works with people facing issues linked to attachment, abandonment, body image and impulsivity.
She uses straightforward language and listens for what matters most to each person. Lorraine draws on client-centred therapy in sessions, prioritising the person's perspective and immediate experience. That means sessions focus on what the client wants to work on, with the counsellor offering reflection and support rather than direction.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and Lorraine supports people through that process. She helps clients set small, achievable goals and tries to make each session feel useful and manageable.
Lorraine lists one way of working on the entry:
What Lorraine works with
The areas below are the ones Lorraine selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- 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
Client-centred care delivered online
Client-centred therapy focuses on the person in front of the counsellor. It involves listening carefully, reflecting what the client says and helping them make sense of their feelings. This approach can help with stress, anxiety, relationship worries and low self-esteem because it centres on the client's own goals and experience.Finding the right way of working is part of the therapeutic process. Lorraine will work together with each client to decide which approach fits best for their needs, goals and preferences. This collaborative way of planning means the style of sessions can shift as the client's priorities change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls are useful for more in-depth conversations, phone sessions suit those who prefer not to be on camera, and text or chat can work well for shorter check-ins or people who find written expression easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when circumstances change.
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