Lucy Middleton, NCPS

Lucy Middleton is a counsellor with six years' experience working in the UK. She holds NCPS as a credential and uses an integrative approach, drawing on different methods to meet each person’s needs. She creates a calm space to listen without judgement and encourages people to bring their own agenda to sessions.

Her work includes supporting people through anxiety, depression, grief and trauma. She also helps with relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction and parenting stress. She has experience with issues such as body image, self-esteem, chronic illness, and communication problems.

Lucy spent time working in a women's charity in an area of low socioeconomic status. There she supported people impacted by limited access to resources and by ongoing or childhood trauma. That role shaped her focus on practical coping and the importance of feeling heard and believed.

She also has experience in NHS talking therapies and in private practice, where she works with a broad range of presenting problems including sexual abuse, substance use, bipolar mood concerns and bereavement. Lucy combines practical tools with time to reflect, depending on what each person needs.

In sessions she draws on Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Trauma-Focused approaches among others. Her style is collaborative and strengths-based, helping people notice helpful patterns and try small changes that fit their life.

If you are weighing this step, she aims to support you as you work towards clearer thinking and more manageable day-to-day habits.

Approaches for thinking patterns and everyday habits

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s perspective. It gives people space to set the agenda and to build on their own strengths and values, which can help when life feels overwhelming.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact. It helps identify unhelpful thinking and offers simple strategies to try different responses day to day, often useful for anxiety, low mood and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and agree together which methods to try. This collaborative process means techniques can be adjusted as needs change.

If you are considering online therapy, check which session formats are currently offered before booking. Confirming options helps you pick what fits your routine. Online work can make it easier to fit check-ins into a busy week, allow for shorter sessions when needed, and reduce travel time so therapy fits into everyday life. Registered or accredited professionals can guide you on how to use the chosen approach effectively in remote sessions.