About Lindsay
Lindsay Westwood is a counsellor with six years' experience and a BACP registration. She holds a Masters degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy and brings a background in psychology and creative practice to her work. Lindsay writes in a straightforward way and aims to make therapy practical and understandable for people feeling overwhelmed.
Lindsay uses a person-centred approach that focuses on the individual's experience and capacity for growth. Sessions are conversational and aim to help people notice patterns, name difficult feelings, and make clearer decisions.
Background and approach
She draws on a range of ideas from her training to suit each person she meets. Her practice has included work with grief, stress, anxiety, trauma, abuse, and the effects of substance misuse in families. She has particular experience supporting people through bereavement during the pandemic and helping clients understand the process of loss.
Other areas she often addresses include mood difficulties, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy concerns, ADHD, addiction, and caregiver strain. Lindsay also offers group work such as inner child workshops and mindfulness practice groups. These sessions focus on play, self-compassion, and simple breath-based exercises to help people manage bodily tension and anxious thinking.
She sees counselling as a collaborative process and tailors techniques to what a person needs in the moment. Her approach is patient and non-judgemental. Lindsay aims to help people set realistic goals, practice new coping skills, and rebuild confidence in their decisions.
Person-centred support and online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of the work. The therapist listens without judgement and helps people access their own resources and wisdom. This approach can be helpful for anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and decisions that feel stuck.Lindsay tailors ideas from her person-centred background to each person she sees. She explains options, tests what helps, and together with the client chooses practical steps. Finding the right approach is a team effort and she works collaboratively to match methods to a person's goals and preferences.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow a fuller face-to-face experience, phone sessions can be easier when less bandwidth is available, and short check-ins or ongoing conversations work well via live chat or messaging. These options aim to make access easier around work, family life and other commitments while keeping the focus on useful therapeutic work.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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