About Lucy
Dr Lucy Flitton is a compassionate counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, depression and relationship problems. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical ways to feel steadier and more in control. She welcomes people who are wrestling with grief, parenting strains, sleep or eating problems, attention difficulties, or major life changes.
Her practice blends several well-known therapeutic approaches to match each person's needs. She uses client-centred work to follow what the person brings and cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking and test new ways of coping.
How Lucy works
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas help people notice difficult feelings and keep moving towards what matters. Dr Flitton holds BACP and NCPS credentials and has 17 years of experience in the United Kingdom. She has developed additional knowledge around trauma, somatic responses and attachment, and draws on these ideas when they fit a person’s story.
Her background includes study of developmental and health psychology to understand difficulties from individual and wider social angles. Sessions aim to give simple tools to manage overwhelming feelings, set clearer boundaries and rebuild hope. Work may include exploring how emotions show up in the body, looking at inner parts, and noticing language patterns that affect relationships.
She also writes about mental health topics on public websites and maintains a independent practice presence. People can choose video, phone, chat or messaging sessions to suit their life. International clients are accepted and sessions are conducted in English.
Lucy lists 18 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
What Lucy works with
The areas below are the ones Lucy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | BACP, NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values; it can help with anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing practical changes to behaviour and thinking, which is useful for anxiety, depression and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape expectations and responses, and can help with relationship issues and feelings of insecurity.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then tailor methods in a collaborative way so sessions fit the person rather than forcing a single model.
Online therapy offers flexibility to join by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues. Phone can be quicker and use less bandwidth for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing, need brief reflections between sessions or want to fit support around a busy day. These options make it easier to maintain regular contact and try different ways of working that match daily life.
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