About Lixson
Lixson Cyriac is a BACP counsellor who uses psychodynamic work alongside practical techniques. He draws on eight years of practice to help people understand patterns that fuel stress and anxiety. Sessions aim to make sense of past experiences and how they shape present reactions.
He trained at Birkbeck College and the University of East London and has worked in student counselling at several universities. He has also worked with a counselling foundation accredited with BACP as a counsellor and assessor, and is part of the counselling team at HCC, Marylebone.
Background and approach
In sessions he explores how early experiences and repeated responses can become automatic. That helps people spot behaviours that no longer serve them. He explains how coping strategies grew out of past needs and looks at the links to current mood, relationships and work stress.
He also uses cognitive behavioural techniques when they suit the issue. Those tools are useful for managing symptoms, changing unhelpful thoughts, and learning practical ways to cope in daily life. He works with each person to choose the right balance of exploration and strategy.
Many clients bring concerns such as anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy difficulties, grief, trauma, addictions and self-esteem struggles. He also offers support around multicultural concerns, prejudice and discrimination, phobias, hoarding and sexual assault and abuse. Outside counselling he has provided pastoral and spiritual care in hospitals, care homes, schools and homelessness services.
This background informs his sensitive approach when clients wish to discuss spiritual or pastoral matters.
Approach and access - mixing depth work with practical tools online
Psychodynamic therapy explores how earlier life experiences shape our habits and emotional responses now. It helps people understand recurring patterns, relationship difficulties and the roots of anxiety by talking through memories and feelings and how they repeat over time.Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) focuses on practical changes in thinking and behaviour. It teaches skills to manage anxious thoughts, reduce panic or low mood, and build routines that support day-to-day coping. These exercises can be used between sessions to track progress.
Finding the right approach is a shared task. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and agree whether deeper exploration, practical CBT techniques, or a blend of both is most useful. This collaborative way helps tailor sessions to what each person needs at different stages.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more personal contact is wanted, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break, and live chat or text messaging suit shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and travel while still working with registered or accredited professionals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Malayalam
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