Maisie Lambert, BACP

Maisie Lambert works from a person-centred approach that keeps the client at the heart of every session. She blends warmth and directness so people feel understood and able to speak plainly about what is hard. Maisie aims to create a calm space where honesty is welcome and humour can appear when it helps.

She has been a counsellor for 11 years and has worked in a range of settings. That experience has shaped a practical way of working. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and what helps them feel safer and more able to cope.

Maisie has a particular interest in early life experiences and how those can leave lasting defence patterns. She helps people look at how coping strategies that once kept them safe can now cause pain. This work often ties into issues around attachment, abandonment and dissociation.

She also supports people dealing with family dynamics, parenting pressures, anxiety and low mood. Her practice includes work with trauma and abuse, and with pregnancy and postnatal mental health. Maisie listens without judgement and aims to help people find practical ways forward.

Additional areas she commonly addresses include body image, eating concerns, chronic illness and caregiver stress. She is trained to work with neurodiversity matters such as autism and Asperger syndrome and with personality-related concerns like dependent or avoidant patterns.

Maisie is registered with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She offers sessions from the United Kingdom and works with clients in English, including international clients.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Maisie uses person-centred work that focuses on what matters to the client in each session. This approach helps people feel heard and directs the pace and content of therapy based on their needs. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, parenting worries and exploring difficult life events.

She also draws on creative therapy methods to introduce different ways of communicating feelings. Creative techniques can include drawing, metaphors or guided imagery adapted for an online setting, and they help when words feel hard or when people want practical ways to understand their experience.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. Maisie will discuss options with the client and try different ways of working to see what fits best with their goals and preferences. Together they review progress and adjust methods as needed.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well if less bandwidth is needed or a shorter check-in is preferred. Live chat and messaging suit people who want written reflection, need flexible timing or prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and travel, while keeping therapeutic continuity across locations.