Jody Lumley, BACP

Jody Lumley is a BACP counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief and issues around intimacy. She supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, ADHD and other life disruptions. Jody aims to offer a steady presence when emotions feel overwhelming or decisions feel unclear.

Jody uses a person-centred style that keeps the client’s needs at the heart of sessions. She blends approaches when useful, drawing on cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful patterns and on psychodynamic thinking to look at longer-standing influences. Mindfulness techniques are used to help people stay grounded in difficult moments, and solution-focused ideas help set small, practical goals.

Her practice has grown from nine years of work with a wide range of people, including those affected by work-related trauma and emergency services. That experience has included supporting people through childhood trauma, self-harm, domestic violence, PTSD and complex grief. Jody aims to make the room calm and non-judgemental so clients can speak honestly about painful memories and current stresses.

Sessions involve talking and listening, noticing patterns, and trying simple strategies between appointments. Jody also explores attachment and abandonment issues when these come up, and she can work with concerns linked to autism, blended-family dynamics and caregiver stress. Conversations are paced by the client and focused on what matters now.

People who choose to work with her often want practical steps alongside emotional understanding. Jody encourages small, achievable changes and supports people as they test new ways of coping. The goal is clearer thinking, fewer overwhelming moments, and more control over daily life.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Jody often draws on Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on the client’s experience and priorities and gives people space to be heard without judgement. This approach helps when someone needs understanding and a steady, respectful listener.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, a practical method that helps people spot and test unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. CBT can be helpful for anxiety, low mood and stress by breaking problems into manageable steps and trying small changes between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss the client's goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then adapt methods as the relationship develops. This is a collaborative process where options are tried and reviewed rather than fixed from the start.

If you are considering online counselling, please confirm the session formats directly before booking as the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also enable quieter, focused conversations without requiring a long journey, and let people use mindfulness or behavioural tasks between meetings to support progress.