About Lucy
Lucy McGroarty welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, life change or relationship problems. She writes plainly and listens closely so clients can say what matters to them. Lucy presents herself as warm and non-judgemental and aims to help people find practical ways forward.
Lucy trained as an integrative counsellor with a foundation in Person Centred, cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic ideas. She has around 10 years' experience working with issues such as depression, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem and addictions.
Background and approach
She also supports concerns around body image, eating, attachment and intimacy-related problems. Sessions use talking therapy as the main tool, while creative techniques such as imagery and metaphor are offered when words are hard to find. Lucy encourages simple comforts during online sessions, like a warm drink or a pet, to make the time feel less formal.
Her style is open and understanding. She focuses on building a trusting relationship and on practical steps that suit each person's pace and goals. Clients can expect a collaborative approach that blends listening with tried methods for coping.
Lucy works with adults in the United Kingdom and carries the BACP credential, which is shown as a professional registration. Sessions are available in English and are run online using video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange sessions that fit their schedule.
The aim is to help clients move through difficult feelings and find clearer ways to cope day to day.
Approaches and online working
Lucy draws on Client-Centred work, cognitive behavioural techniques and trauma-focused ideas to support people through anxiety and life stress. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so people feel heard and understood, which helps when worries feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together and offers practical steps to reduce anxious patterns and improve coping. Trauma-Focused Therapy pays attention to the impact of past hurt and uses careful, paced methods to reduce its hold on day-to-day life.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Lucy works collaboratively to try different ways of working and agrees a plan that fits each person's needs and goals. She invites feedback and adjusts methods as understanding grows, so sessions feel personalised rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth, and messaging or live chat suit shorter check-ins or those who prefer writing. These options aim to increase accessibility and flexibility while keeping the focus on steady progress and practical coping skills.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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