Lionel Hunter, NCPS

Lionel Hunter is a counsellor who works from a client-centred stance and draws on cognitive behavioural and emotionally-focused approaches. He presents himself as someone who treats each person as the expert in their own life. Lionel encourages practical steps alongside personal reflection to help people facing difficult moments.

He has seven years of professional experience and holds NCPS. Lionel has worked with stress, anxiety and LGBT-related concerns among a broader range of issues. He also helps with relationship and intimacy-related struggles, grief, eating concerns, parenting strains and self-esteem difficulties.

In sessions he focuses on clear, practical conversations. He listens to what matters most and helps people set small, achievable goals. He uses techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and from emotionally-focused work to address painful interactions and feelings.

Lionel also supports people coping with life changes, compassion fatigue and mood conditions such as depression and bipolar difficulties. Additional areas he pays attention to include communication and control problems, jealousy, infidelity and challenges around gender dysphoria and fatherhood issues.

People who contact Lionel can expect straightforward, steady support aimed at making day-to-day life more manageable. He invites clients to take the first step and offers practical tools alongside attentive listening to help them move forward.

How Lionel's approaches adapt to online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's perspective, giving space for their priorities and strengths to guide the work. It helps when someone wants support that follows their pace and values. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses practical exercises and short experiments to change unhelpful patterns; it can be useful for anxiety, panic and low mood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on emotional responses and relationship patterns, aiming to help people notice and shift painful interaction cycles.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Lionel will work together with a client to identify which methods suit their needs and goals. He will suggest options, try techniques in session and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful and manageable.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into a busy week and the chance to return to notes or techniques from home. Because formats are not specified in the biography, confirm current session options before booking so you know how sessions are run. Many people find online work helps maintain continuity when life gets busy and supports steady progress without needing extra travel.