Lucy McGroarty , BACP

Lucy McGroarty is a counsellor who focuses on helping people through hard times. She believes everyone can heal with the right support. She speaks plainly and aims to make talking therapy feel straightforward and manageable.

She draws on person-centred principles, cognitive behavioural ideas and psychodynamic thinking. That mix lets her adapt to what each person needs. She also uses creative methods such as imagery and metaphor when words are hard to find.

Sessions often centre on building a steady connection. She describes herself as non-judgemental and open, and places the relationship at the heart of the work. That steady base is used to look at stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and depression among other concerns.

Lucy has around ten years of experience and offers remote sessions from the United Kingdom. She works with a wide range of issues including trauma and abuse, addiction, eating and body-image difficulties, relationship and intimacy problems, parenting strains and life transitions. She also supports people dealing with attachment questions, blended family tensions, and feelings of isolation.

Practical approaches are used alongside talking. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps spot patterns of thought and behaviour, while psychodynamic ideas look at past influences on current feelings. Creative tasks can help when feelings feel too big for words. The overall aim is steady progress at a pace that suits the client.

How Lucy’s approaches work online

Lucy blends person-centred ways of working with cognitive behavioural techniques and trauma-informed thinking. Person-centred therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting connection so people feel heard and respected. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behaviour and helps people try different responses to reduce anxiety or low mood. Trauma-Focused Therapy pays attention to how past events affect current reactions and offers specific ways to process those memories and reduce their ongoing impact.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk through goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit the client’s needs. This is a collaborative process and plans can be adjusted as the work progresses to ensure it stays useful and manageable.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different situations. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets people check in quickly, and messaging can support shorter updates or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give more flexibility for fitting therapy around work, family life and day-to-day routines.