Dr. Lucy Flitton
Calm, practical support for life’s hard moments
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About Lucy
Dr Lucy Flitton welcomes people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about how to move forward. She speaks plainly about worries such as anxiety, low mood, relationship patterns, grief, and big life changes. If you want clearer thinking and calmer days, she encourages taking the first step towards help.
She has 17 years of professional experience and holds BACP and NCPS credentials. Her work uses a client-centred base, meaning sessions focus on what matters most to the person sitting opposite her.
Background and approach
She draws on a mix of psychological approaches so the work matches each person's story and goals. In practice she often blends everyday talk with techniques that address thoughts, feelings and behaviours. That might include approaches that examine how beliefs shape actions, ways to manage intense emotions, or methods that look at patterns formed in early relationships.
She also pays attention to how stress and trauma can show up in the body. Lucy takes a life-course view, looking at personal history alongside wider social pressures. She also explores how language shapes experience and relationship dynamics.
This variety of tools helps her tailor sessions to practical needs like sleep, boundaries, or coping with major transitions. People who work with her aim to feel more grounded and able to handle difficult moments. Sessions emphasise understanding, learning practical skills, and rebuilding a sense of agency and hope.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 17
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Registration number
- 54436, NCS23-02776
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Lucy's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Lucy works with
Everything Lucy lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lucy lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Lucy works online
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and help decide which methods to use. That choice is collaborative and may change as needs evolve during therapy.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when people are pressed for time. It can also be helpful when quieter surroundings, avoiding screens for parts of a session, or choosing a brief phone call are more practical. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt these approaches for remote sessions and will work with you to make sessions manageable alongside daily commitments.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting and relationship challenges. Additional focus areas include grief, sleep and eating issues and challenges around self-esteem and career.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centred and practical. She blends talking therapies with techniques that address thoughts, emotions and behaviour to suit each person’s needs.
What is her professional background?
She brings 17 years of professional experience working in psychological practice and related fields. That background informs a broad, integrative approach to care.
Where is she based and how is she credentialled?
She is based in the United Kingdom and holds BACP and NCPS credentials as listed.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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