Leanne Glennon, BACP

Leanne Glennon is a BACP counsellor with 17 years of experience. She focuses on building a strong therapeutic relationship and helps people tackle stress, anxiety, trauma and bereavement. Leanne aims to work alongside clients so they feel heard and understood.

She begins by getting to know each person's story and the issues they want to address. Sessions combine talking therapy with practical techniques drawn from evidence-based therapeutic methods. Creative approaches are also used where they might help, and the style is adjusted to suit individual needs.

Leanne offers trauma-informed and trauma-focused work. Trauma-focused therapy may help people who have experienced specific traumatic events. Her practice often follows a three-phase model of recovery that includes safety and stabilisation, remembrance and trauma processing, and reconnection and integration.

She has substantial experience supporting those affected by sexual abuse, complex bereavement and domestic violence. Leanne is also experienced in work around self-harm and researched therapists' experience of self-harm for her MSc thesis. She brings that understanding into practical, paced work.

People can expect sessions that value their perspective and aim to build strengths. Leanne emphasises collaboration and tries to make therapy straightforward. She supports people who want to find clearer ways through difficult feelings and situations.

Approaches that guide online therapy

Leanne works from well-established, evidence-based approaches that focus on practical change. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioural approaches involve identifying and gently processing memories linked to a specific traumatic event and learning coping strategies to reduce distress. Cognitive behavioural techniques help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavioural experiments to shift mood and anxiety.

She also integrates emotion-focused and creative methods to help people connect with feelings and try different ways of making sense of experience. These techniques can be useful for grief, attachment concerns, and when emotions feel overwhelming.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Leanne will talk through options with each person and adjust methods based on what the client needs and prefers. Together they decide what to try first and review progress as therapy continues.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different routines. Video sessions are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer written check-ins, need flexibility, or want to type rather than speak. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.