Lindsay Rose, BACP

Lindsay Rose trained as a counsellor after many years teaching adults, teenagers and children. She saw how a lack of mental health support affected pupils and colleagues, and moved into counselling as a second career. Lindsay holds BACP which indicates membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She works from a calm, non-judgemental stance and keeps the client in control of the work.

Her practice blends practical and reflective methods. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centred approaches to help people manage anxiety, stress and low mood. Sessions can focus on changing unhelpful thinking, building coping skills, or simply offering time to talk things through.

Lindsay has experience supporting people with trauma and abuse, addictions, obsessive compulsive behaviours, social and health anxiety, phobias and grief. She also helps people dealing with family and relationship strain, parenting pressures, career stress and life changes. Additional areas of focus include attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, and issues around forgiveness and loss.

Her background in teaching English to speakers of other languages helps when clients find words hard to find. She adapts pace and language so people feel understood and not rushed. Sessions are practical and paced to what each person needs.

Lindsay works online with people in the United Kingdom and internationally. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging so people can choose what suits their routine and comfort.

To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Therapeutic approaches for online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes by shifting focus from trying to control thoughts to living a meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and teaches practical ways to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build new habits. It is useful for anxiety, depression, phobias and some compulsive behaviours. Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of the session, with the therapist offering empathic listening and non-judgemental support to help people discover their own solutions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lindsay will discuss different methods and together decide what fits the person's goals and preferences. This collaborative process means techniques can be tried and adjusted as needed to suit pace and comfort.

Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls give a face-to-face feel, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit short check-ins or people who prefer not to use video. These options provide flexibility and help people keep continuity of care even when schedules change or travel is difficult. Registered and accredited professionals can use these formats to deliver the same core therapeutic work as in-person sessions.