Dr. Lucy Flitton , BACP, NCPS

Dr Lucy Flitton offers calm, practical support to people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, low mood, or repeating relationship patterns. She welcomes those facing big life changes, grief, work or family stress, sleep problems, or worries about identity and intimacy. Her tone is direct and compassionate, aimed at helping people find clarity and steadier emotional ground.

With 17 years of clinical experience, Dr Flitton draws on a range of therapeutic approaches to match each person's needs. She works from a client-centred stance and blends ideas from cognitive behavioural work, attachment-focused ways of understanding relationships, and acceptance-based methods to help with unhelpful thoughts and habits.

Her background includes work with trauma-related difficulties, addictions, and complex emotional patterns. She pays attention to how feelings show up in the body and how language and internal parts can shape experience. That lets her combine practical skills with exploration of deeper life questions when needed.

Sessions focus on clear, usable strategies alongside space to reflect and make meaning. People typically learn ways to manage intense emotions, improve sleep and coping, set boundaries, and rebuild confidence after setbacks. The emphasis is on small, steady changes that fit daily life.

Dr Flitton practises from the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. She accepts international clients and uses a variety of online formats to suit different routines and needs.

How Dr Flitton’s approaches work online

Dr Flitton commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment‑Based Therapy in her online work. ACT focuses on helping people notice unhelpful thoughts, clarify what matters to them, and take small actions that better reflect their values. It can help with anxiety, low mood, and life transitions. Attachment‑Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape feelings and behaviour, which is useful for intimacy problems, relationship patterns, and grief.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try. Sessions often blend practical skills and reflective work so you can test what helps and adjust the plan together as you go.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text‑based messaging, which makes therapy more flexible. Video is useful for in‑depth sessions and reading non‑verbal cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check‑ins, and messaging or live chat suit quick reflections or ongoing support between sessions. These options help fit therapy around work, family life and different time zones while keeping the focus on practical change and emotional understanding.