Lindsey Stafford, BACP

Lindsey Stafford supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and addictions. She also helps with parenting strain, grief, anger and self-esteem concerns. Lindsey works with issues such as attachment and abandonment, codependency, workplace stress and young adult difficulties.

Lindsey is a BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP and has ten years of counselling experience. She gained that experience in public, charitable and voluntary services, so she is used to different situations and backgrounds. Before counselling she worked for over 20 years in education, including teaching and roles as a family practitioner.

In sessions Lindsey adopts a collaborative, open style. She aims to be warm, direct and down-to-earth. Conversations are practical and focused on what the client wants to change or understand.

She draws on a mix of approaches to suit each person. That can include cognitive behavioural strategies to spot unhelpful thinking, attachment-informed work to look at relationships, and acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live by their values. Solution-focused techniques are used when clients want short-term, goal-driven work.

Lindsey offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Sessions form part of a subscription plan that can be cancelled at any time. People should expect a straightforward matching process before booking their first appointment.

How Lindsey’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then take steps that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and when someone wants more clarity about life direction.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical techniques to reduce distress. It is often used for anxiety, panic and low mood because it gives clear strategies to practise between sessions.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional responses. This work can help when abandonment, trust or repeated relationship difficulties are present.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lindsey will talk with each person about goals, preferences and practical needs, and then shape sessions from a mix of methods. That collaborative process helps match techniques to what the person wants to achieve.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation from a chosen place, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and text or live chat can suit quick check-ins or those who prefer typing. These options provide flexibility for different schedules and ways of communicating while keeping the focus on progress and practical tools.