About Lucy
Lucy Gardner helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief and depression. She also supports people dealing with addictions, relationship or intimacy problems, parenting strain, sleeping or eating difficulties, ADHD and compassion fatigue. Lucy greets new clients with straightforward respect and a calm approach.
She works in a conversational, person-focused way. Sessions are shaped around what each person brings, not a one-size plan. Lucy pays attention to how thoughts, feelings and values affect day-to-day choices.
How Lucy works
She aims for practical steps clients can try between meetings. Lucy uses tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness to build tolerance for difficult feelings. Attachment-based ideas help when patterns from close relationships cause pain.
Client-centred listening guides how sessions are paced and what topics are explored. Her background includes four years of professional practice and registration with the NCPS. Lucy balances therapy and coaching depending on someone’s goals, whether that is coping with life changes or working on career and self-esteem.
People who value a warm, non-judgemental tone tend to respond well to her style. Work in sessions can include short exercises, reflective discussion and planning small, concrete steps. Lucy encourages clients to try changes, see what helps, and adjust the approach over time.
Sessions are offered online in English, and she accepts clients from outside the United Kingdom. The focus is on clear communication, practical tools and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Lucy lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| 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
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small steps toward those values even when feelings are difficult. It can help with anxiety, depression, motivation and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and helps people change how they relate and feel safer in close connections. Client-Centred Therapy offers a listening-based environment where the counsellor follows your lead and supports self-paced discovery and decision-making.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lucy will discuss which methods fit your needs and your goals. She aims to collaborate on a plan that combines listening, reflective exercises and practical tasks you can try between sessions.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls let you maintain visual connection for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in suits a busy day. Live chat and messaging support people who prefer writing or need more frequent, brief contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family life or travel commitments while keeping the focus on progress and practical change.
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