Lindsay Westwood, BACP

Lindsay Westwood trained in counselling and psychotherapy and holds a Masters degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has six years of professional experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Lindsay brings a background in psychology, creative practices and tattoo culture into her work. She describes her approach as rooted in a person-centred model that values each person's own capacity to grow.

Lindsay works in a relaxed, non-judgemental way. She listens and helps people set achievable goals. Her sessions often include practical coping strategies and psychoeducation when useful. She aims to help clients make sense of what they are feeling and to reconnect with their own knowledge and choices.

Her practice covers a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief and coping with life changes. She also addresses trauma and abuse, addictions, eating and sleeping issues, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy-related problems, ADHD and mood difficulties such as depression and bipolar. Additional interests include attachment concerns, codependency, chronic illness and caregiver stress.

Lindsay has extensive counselling hours and experience supporting people through pandemic-related grief and loss. She has worked with the effects of adverse childhood experiences, sexual abuse, anger, substance misuse in families and online sexual risk. She also runs inner-child workshops and mindfulness practice groups that bring play and breath-based practices into everyday life.

She continues professional development in trauma models and mindful awareness. Lindsay emphasises empathy, honesty and integrity and aims to help people find clarity, trust themselves again and move forward at their own pace.

How client-centred work translates to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy places the person and their experience at the centre of the work. It involves careful listening, reflecting what the client says and offering an accepting presence that encourages self-discovery. This approach can help with issues such as anxiety, grief, relationship concerns and the effects of trauma by focusing on the client's own resources and choices.

Lindsay also uses practical teaching and mindfulness work alongside person-centred ways of relating. Those elements introduce simple skills for managing emotions and attention, which can support coping with stress, sleeping difficulties and grief. Together these methods aim to help a person make sense of their experience and find steps they feel able to take.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will work with the client to identify what feels most helpful for their goals and circumstances. That may mean adapting the underlying person-centred framework to include mindful practices or explanatory material about grief and trauma.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and offer shorter check-ins when needed. They can also allow people to join from locations that suit their schedules and to use video or audio depending on what feels most comfortable.