Lorelle Busby , BACP

Lorelle Busby is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who focuses on supporting women with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. She works in a straightforward way and treats people as experts in their own lives. She aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable and respectful of each person's strengths.

With five years of professional experience Lorelle uses practical methods to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try small changes. She blends approaches that suit the person rather than relying on a single technique. Sessions are conversational and goal‑oriented, with space to reflect on difficult feelings and past events.

Lorelle commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to build values-based action and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to address thought patterns that feed anxiety and low mood. Attachment-Based ideas and Emotionally-Focused work inform how she talks about close relationships and intimacy concerns.

She also supports people dealing with parenting pressures, career strain, grief, eating and sleeping problems, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include abandonment, adoption and foster care experiences, attachment issues, autism and body image concerns. These topics are treated with practical steps and steady listening.

Sessions are offered in English and delivered online in a variety of formats. Lorelle describes therapy as a collaborative process where clients set goals and try out new ways of coping between meetings. Her aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions that reflect those values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and stress when someone wants to move forward despite difficult thoughts or feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing different perspectives and behaviours to reduce anxiety and depression. It often uses short between-session exercises to build new habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then tailor the mix of ACT, CBT or attachment-informed ideas. That choice is made together so the plan fits the person rather than imposing a single method.

Online therapy here can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier if bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can suit brief check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These formats make it easier to fit sessions around work, parenting or other commitments and let people continue therapy from different locations.