Lucy Peacock , NCPS, BACP

Lucy Peacock is a counsellor who uses an integrative approach to help people manage stress, anxiety and life transitions. She works with adults and supports issues such as trauma and abuse, grief, depression and addictions. Lucy combines practical talking therapy with straightforward coping strategies so people can feel steadier day to day.

She has five years of professional experience and holds NCPS and BACP registrations. Lucy adapts her approach to each person, tailoring conversations and plans to fit what matters to the individual. She aims to create calm, respectful sessions where people can speak openly about difficult experiences.

Lucy draws on approaches that look at attachment patterns, thought behaviour links, and present moment awareness. That means sessions can include exploring early relationship patterns, noticing thinking habits that keep problems going, and simple mindfulness practices to reduce overwhelm. She blends these methods to match a person's needs rather than relying on a single technique.

Many people come with issues around relationships, intimacy, parenting and family stress. Lucy also supports people dealing with career stress, low self-esteem, bipolar challenges, and recovery from loss. She helps people untangle complicated feelings and priorities so they can make clearer choices.

Sessions may involve short-term practical work or longer conversations to uncover deeper patterns. Lucy explains plans clearly and checks progress as therapy continues. Her aim is to help people build tools they can use outside sessions and to increase their sense of control over daily life.

How online therapy and approach fit together

Attachment-based work focuses on the patterns formed in early relationships and looks at how those patterns affect current feelings and reactions. This can help people who find themselves repeating painful relationship dynamics or struggling with trust and closeness.

Client-centred therapy places the person's experience at the heart of the session and involves open, non-judgemental listening. It suits people who want space to talk through their concerns and to be helped to find their own solutions.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression and managing daily stressors.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and how different methods might help, and then agree a plan together. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what the person needs now rather than starting with a fixed model.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions are held. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities and travel, and they let people keep continuity of care even when life moves them to another location.