- Values focused
- Body aware
- Skills focused
About Lucy
Dr Lucy Flitton offers calm, practical support for people feeling stuck, anxious or overwhelmed. She helps with low mood, relationship patterns that repeat, grief, stress and big life changes. If you want clearer thinking and steadier days, she aims to help you notice what keeps you stuck and learn ways to feel more grounded.
Dr Flitton draws on a range of approaches and tailors each session to the person's story. She uses ideas from cognitive behavioural work to spot unhelpful patterns and from acceptance-based approaches to help people live by their values. Attachment-based thinking guides conversations about relationship rhythms and how early experiences shape current reactions.
Her background spans psychology and related practice across 17 years. She integrates developmental and health psychology perspectives when they suit the issue at hand. This mixed approach supports work on trauma-related concerns, addictions, sleep problems and low self-esteem among other issues.
Sessions often include practical tools and short exercises that can be used between meetings. She pays attention to how emotions show up in the body and may invite gentle awareness of physical sensations when relevant. The aim is to build clearer self-understanding, steadier emotion regulation and better day-to-day coping.
Dr Flitton holds BACP and NCPS credentials and works from the United Kingdom. She offers therapy in English and is open to clients based outside the UK. To begin, people use the platform continue button on this profile to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to her availability.
Dr Flitton draws on a range of approaches and tailors each session to the person's story. She uses ideas from cognitive behavioural work to spot unhelpful patterns and from acceptance-based approaches to help people live by their values. Attachment-based thinking guides conversations about relationship rhythms and how early experiences shape current reactions.
Her background spans psychology and related practice across 17 years. She integrates developmental and health psychology perspectives when they suit the issue at hand. This mixed approach supports work on trauma-related concerns, addictions, sleep problems and low self-esteem among other issues.
Sessions often include practical tools and short exercises that can be used between meetings. She pays attention to how emotions show up in the body and may invite gentle awareness of physical sensations when relevant. The aim is to build clearer self-understanding, steadier emotion regulation and better day-to-day coping.
Dr Flitton holds BACP and NCPS credentials and works from the United Kingdom. She offers therapy in English and is open to clients based outside the UK. To begin, people use the platform continue button on this profile to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to her availability.
How her approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, values-driven steps. It is useful when anxiety, low mood or avoidance gets in the way of living a meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting thinking and behaviour patterns that maintain distress and then testing small changes to break those cycles. This approach often helps with anxiety, sleep problems and mood management. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and helps people notice and alter repeating dynamics in close relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the journey. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that match the client's needs, goals and preferences. That choice can shift over time as different issues become clearer or as practical needs change.
The original biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also supports continued work for people who are not in the same country as the therapist. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often adapt exercises and tools so they suit remote sessions and everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy
Experience
17+ years
Credentials
See below
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns can I bring to therapy?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, parenting worries, sleep and eating difficulties, anger and self-esteem concerns among others.
What style of therapy does she use?
The approach is collaborative and practical, blending cognitive behavioural techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based perspectives and client-centred ways of working.
How much experience does she have?
She has 17 years of professional experience working across psychological and therapeutic settings and draws on that background in her practice.
Where is the therapist based and what credentials do they hold?
She is based in the United Kingdom and lists BACP and NCPS among her professional credentials as supplied.
Are sessions available in other languages or countries?
Sessions are offered in English and the profile indicates she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options with the therapist before booking.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Use the continue button on this profile, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.