Lydia Freeman, BACP

Lydia Freeman is a counsellor with five years' experience helping people through stress, anxiety, grief and major life changes. She uses a humanistic, client-centred approach that treats each person as unique. Lydia works with issues including depression, bipolar, ADHD, sexuality and LGBT concerns. She is a BACP member in the United Kingdom and offers online sessions in English.

Lydia aims to make sessions straightforward and practical. She encourages people to talk about what matters to them and helps them notice patterns that affect day-to-day life. She supports clients who are coping with trauma and abuse, chronic illness or pain, caregiver strain, and the fallout from divorce or separation.

Her work pays attention to relationships and attachment, including blended family tensions and parenting strain. Lydia also offers space to process cultural or religious hurt, such as experiences of purity culture or faith deconstruction. She focuses on restoring trust in relationships and in oneself.

Therapy with Lydia often mixes talking, reflection and gentle exploration of unconscious patterns. She offers a calm, honest and non-judgemental space to name difficult feelings like guilt, shame, isolation or low self-esteem. Practical coping strategies are discussed alongside wider personal understanding.

Sessions may include checking in about work and career pressures, exploring life purpose and self-love, and creating small, manageable changes. Lydia describes therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s pace and goals guide the work. If a clearer direction is needed, she helps shape the next steps together.

Client-centred care delivered online

Lydia works primarily from a Client-Centred Therapy perspective which places your experience at the centre of each session. This approach means the counsellor listens closely, reflects what they hear and helps you make choices that feel right for you. It is useful for anxiety, depression, self-esteem and for people recovering from trauma.

She also draws on humanistic ideas that focus on your strengths and potential rather than what is wrong. That way of working helps when navigating life changes, grief, identity questions and faith deconstruction. The aim is to build trust and a clearer sense of self at a pace you control.

Finding the right approach is part of the work and Lydia treats it as a shared process. She talks with you about goals and preferences and adapts methods based on what helps most. Clients are supported to try small steps and reflect on what feels useful before moving forward.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging can fit into a busy day. These options make booking easier and can help maintain regular contact when schedules are tight or travel is difficult.