Lydia Freeman, BACP

Lydia Freeman is a counsellor who helps people make time for their wellbeing. She uses a human-focused style that treats each person as an individual. Lydia welcomes clients who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strains, life changes and issues around identity and sexuality. She holds a BACP accreditation, which she follows in her practice.

Lydia brings a curious, creative attitude into sessions. She encourages people to express difficult feelings and to notice patterns that cause pain or stuckness. Her approach treats problems as things that happened to someone, not as labels that define them.

She pays attention to the effects of trauma and stressful experiences. Lydia aims to help people find a greater sense of safety and trust in relationships, including the relationship they have with themselves. She also uses ideas from attachment and human development to deepen understanding.

Lydia often works with people navigating religious trauma, purity culture, and the process of leaving high-demand faiths. She focuses on shame, identity questions, sexuality and reclaiming autonomy without pressure to rebuild beliefs unless the person chooses to.

In sessions she offers a compassionate, non-judgemental space where people can talk about things they find hard to share elsewhere. The work can include making sense of past experiences, addressing patterns in relationships, and building everyday coping skills. Lydia keeps up ongoing professional development to support her practice.

How client-centred work translates to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person in front of the counsellor. It offers a listening, non-judgemental stance and reflects back what the person says, helping them understand their feelings and choices. This approach is useful for stress, anxiety, grief, identity questions and relationship concerns where being heard matters most.

Lydia also draws on attachment and human development ideas to help people see how past relationships shape current patterns. These perspectives can help when someone is rebuilding trust after trauma or learning new ways to relate to others.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lydia will collaborate with each person to decide what feels most useful, tailoring sessions to their needs, goals and preferences. The decision is revisited as therapy progresses so methods match what a person is hoping to achieve.

Session formats should be confirmed before booking because the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling around daily life, reduce travel time and allow a shorter check-in when schedules are tight. If you want to know which online formats are offered, please confirm current session options when you book.