Lee Freeman , BACP

Lee Freeman is a UK-based counsellor with five years of experience working with adults online. He focuses on people dealing with trauma, anxiety, depression and relationship issues. He also supports those facing grief, addiction, body image concerns and questions around identity and intimacy.

He provides a calm, warm presence and aims to make sessions feel straightforward. Conversations move at the client’s pace and focus on what the person wants to change or understand. He does not use judgement and keeps language simple and direct.

In practice he draws on client-centred ways of working to keep sessions centred on the person’s needs. He also uses elements of cognitive behavioural therapy and trauma-focused methods to help manage distressing thoughts and memories. Mindfulness and solution-focused ideas are used when they suit a person’s goals.

Common themes he addresses include attachment and abandonment, blended family difficulties, caregiving stress, chronic illness, communication problems, and issues around control, forgiveness and guilt. He also helps with parenting concerns, fatherhood questions, and navigating separation or divorce.

Sessions aim to build clearer boundaries, steadier emotional responses, and practical coping skills. Lee encourages clients to make sense of what has happened to them and to focus on small, realistic steps towards feeling better.

For those starting therapy he invites a simple first step: a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling a session that fits the client’s needs and timing.

Approaches for online therapy and what they do

Client-centred work focuses on what matters to the person in the room. It involves open listening, reflecting what you say, and shaping sessions around your priorities to build trust and clarity.

Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. In short practical sessions it can help people change unhelpful thinking patterns and develop new coping skills for anxiety, low mood and relationship problems.

Trauma-focused methods work on memories and triggers that keep someone feeling overwhelmed. Sessions move at a careful pace and aim to reduce intense reactions while building emotional regulation strategies.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with you about your goals and preferences and try methods that suit your needs. Decisions are made together so the plan fits your life and what you want from therapy.

Online therapy offers flexibility across formats. Video calls let you read facial cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when you prefer not to be on camera or need a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who want shorter, written exchanges or who need to fit sessions around work and family commitments.

These options make it easier to keep continuity between appointments and to use approaches like CBT and mindfulness in everyday life.