Lucy Palmer

• Stress and anxiety
• Grief and bereavement
• Client-Centred Therapy

About Lucy

Lucy Palmer works on stress, anxiety, identity concerns, grief and relationship difficulties using a person-centred approach. She practices in the United Kingdom and is registered with the BACP, with three years' experience as a counsellor.

Lucy trained to a Higher National Diploma level in counselling and has experience as a listening service volunteer and online peer supporter. She uses Client-Centred Therapy as her main approach and draws on elements of humanistic, cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic ideas to shape sessions when useful.

Her style focuses on listening and helping people make sense of their own thoughts and feelings. Sessions aim to help clients notice their strengths, reflect on patterns, and consider small changes that feel manageable. Clear, respectful conversation is emphasised in each meeting.

Lucy works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, addictions, relationship and family issues, grief, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strains, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include attachment and abandonment issues, blended family matters, body image, chronic illness and caregiver stress.

She offers support for people exploring LGBT identity and for those dealing with commitment, communication or control problems. Lucy also hears people affected by substance issues, chronic pain or cancer-related challenges and those managing compassion fatigue or ADHD-related difficulties.

How Lucy uses Client-Centred work online

Lucy’s core approach is Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on listening, reflecting and helping people find their own solutions. This approach is often helpful for issues such as anxiety, low self-esteem, grief and relationship concerns because it centres the client’s perspective and experience.

She also draws on humanistic and cognitive behavioural ideas when needed. Humanistic ideas support exploring values and feelings, while CBT-informed techniques can help with finding practical steps to manage stress or sleep problems. These methods are described together to offer a flexible, person-focused way of working rather than fixed techniques.

Finding the right way of working is part of the early sessions. The counsellor will collaborate with each person to decide which approaches suit their needs, goals and preferences. This is an ongoing conversation and can change as therapy progresses.

Lucy offers live sessions by video call, telephone and messaging according to her biography, so check the current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling around work or family commitments, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time from the equation. Registered or accredited professionals commonly use these formats to provide consistent ongoing support.

Topics Lucy lists

• Stress and anxiety
• LGBT
• Self-esteem
• Career difficulties
• Depression
• Addictions
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Grief
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Coping with life changes
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Attachment issues
• Avoidant personality
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Divorce and separation
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Eating and food-related issues
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Fertility issues
• Forgiveness
• Gender dysphoria
• Guilt and shame
• Hoarding
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Phobias
• Polyamory and non-monogamous relationships
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-love
• Sexuality
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Trichotillomania
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy

Questions about Lucy

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety is listed among the concerns she works on and is a common focus in sessions.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

Her main approach is Client-Centred Therapy. She also draws on humanistic, CBT and psychodynamic ideas.

How much experience does she have?

She has three years' experience practising as a counsellor.

Is she accredited and where is she based?

She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.

What languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can I work with her from outside the UK?

International clients are not currently accepted.

What formats does she use for sessions?

She offers live sessions by video call, telephone, and messaging; confirm current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost and how do payments work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.