About Lydia
Lydia Freeman is a counsellor who offers warm, person-focused support for people feeling overwhelmed by change, loss, or ongoing stress. She explains things plainly and helps clients find practical ways to cope. Lydia works with anxiety as one of many concerns she supports.
She holds BACP, which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy membership, and has five years' experience. Lydia brings a curious, creative outlook to sessions. She sees each person as unique and focuses on what has happened to them rather than what is wrong.
Background and approach
Conversations are paced to suit the individual, with time to name feelings and notice patterns that cause distress. She recognises how trauma and stressful experiences can make people feel unsafe or disconnected. In sessions she pays attention to building trust and a sense of safety in the relationship.
That foundation is used to explore painful memories, worries, and relationship difficulties. Lydia sometimes draws on ideas about attachment and unconscious processes to make sense of difficult patterns. These ideas are used simply to create insight and to help people try different ways of relating to themselves and others.
The tone in sessions is compassionate, honest, and non-judgemental. She has particular experience supporting people affected by religious or purity culture and the process of deconstructing faith. Lydia helps clients work through shame, confusion, grief, and questions about sexuality and identity.
The aim is to reclaim self-trust and move towards choices that feel more authentic. Therapy with Lydia can include talking, reflecting, and practical coping strategies. People can expect a steady, person-led pace and a focus on changing what gets in the way of feeling more capable and at ease.
How client-centred work adapts to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy places the person's experience at the heart of the work. It focuses on listening, reflecting feelings, and helping people find their own solutions. This approach suits worries about anxiety, low self-esteem, grief and life changes because it builds understanding and self-trust rather than giving fixed directives.In practice Lydia treats the choice of approach as a shared decision. She will discuss how Client-Centred ideas fit your needs and may introduce other perspectives such as attachment thinking if it seems useful. Together you will decide what feels most helpful and adjust the way you work as goals evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are helpful for a face-to-face feel. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you want to avoid being on camera. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or health needs while keeping the focus on what helps you most.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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