About Lucy
Dr Lucy Flitton welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, low mood, repeating relationship patterns or the strain of major life changes. She writes plainly and listens closely so people can begin to find calm and more workable ways of moving forward. Lucy has 17 years of experience working in mental health across a range of presenting issues.
She uses a person-centred approach that treats each story as unique and selects methods to suit the individual rather than a one-size-fits-all protocol.
Background and approach
Her work draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to notice and change unhelpful thinking, and on acceptance and commitment principles to help people identify what matters most to them. Attachment-based ideas are used to look at how early patterns can still affect current relationships and feelings of safety. Sessions focus on practical steps and gentle reflection.
People learn tools to manage overwhelming emotions, improve sleep, tackle addictive behaviours, and set clearer boundaries in relationships. The aim is to build steadier day-to-day coping and a greater sense of agency. Lucy also considers wider life context when relevant, such as work demands, caring roles or social pressures.
She writes and publishes articles on related topics and works with people from diverse backgrounds, including international clients who can attend sessions in English. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions that suit them. Sessions are offered online by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting pulled into them and to take actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting thinking and behaviour patterns that keep problems going and practising different responses to reduce distress and improve sleep or daily functioning. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people develop safer ways of relating and managing strong emotions.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before, and then suggest a blend of methods. People are invited to reflect on homework and small experiments between sessions so progress is visible and collaborative.
Online work is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for a full conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging can support ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties and travel while still accessing consistent therapeutic support.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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