Lizandra Leigertwood , BACP, NCPS

Lizandra Leigertwood is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain and women's issues. She brings 14 years of experience and a steady, respectful approach to each session. People often seek her support for trauma, grief, parenting strain and problems with sleep and self-esteem.

Her work focuses on attachment patterns and codependency, and she has a particular interest in adults affected by narcissistic parenting. Sessions are grounded in listening, gentle challenge and practical steps that clients can try between meetings. Lizandra aims to build a safe space where people can talk honestly and begin to make small changes.

She draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at past patterns that shape present reactions. Client-centred methods keep the conversation focused on each person’s needs and priorities. Existential themes are used when clients want to explore meaning, choice and values during life transitions.

Lizandra is registered with BACP and NCPS. She works with common concerns such as depression, panic attacks, workplace stress and compassion fatigue. Her approach fits people who value a thoughtful, relational style that also offers concrete coping tools.

Sessions are offered from the United Kingdom and she speaks English. She accepts international clients and uses a mix of video, phone, live chat and text messaging to make therapy accessible. To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Lizandra often uses attachment-based work to help people understand how early relationships shape current closeness and trust. This approach is useful for intimacy issues, abandonment concerns and codependency because it looks at patterns that repeat in adult relationships.

She also uses client-centred methods, which focus on listening and following the client’s agenda. This way of working helps people feel heard and guides practical steps they want to take in their lives. Psychodynamic ideas are brought in to notice how past experiences influence present emotions and reactions, which can be helpful for grief, trauma and longstanding relationship patterns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work and will be decided together. The therapist will talk about goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and will adjust methods as the relationship develops. That collaborative process helps find what fits each person.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when less bandwidth is needed, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.