Lucy McGroarty, BACP

Lucy McGroarty welcomes people looking for calm, steady support through difficult times. She approaches each person with warmth and an open manner. Her way of working aims to help people feel heard and understood before moving into practical steps. Lucy holds a BACP registration and brings ten years of practice to conversations about life stress and change.

Lucy uses a mix of person-centred listening, cognitive behavioural ideas, and psychodynamic thinking. This allows her to respond to what a person needs in the moment rather than sticking to one method. Sessions often begin by simply talking about what feels most pressing right now. From there she and the person map out small, realistic ways to feel steadier between meetings.

She has explored creative ways of working, including imagery and metaphor, to help people who find it hard to put feelings into words. These tools can make difficult material more manageable and give new routes to express experience.

Lucy works with a broad range of concerns such as anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, bereavement, addiction, eating and body image worries, parenting strains, and career or life transitions. Additional areas of focus include attachment, blended family issues, isolation, guilt, and self-esteem.

Sessions are conducted in English and take place from the United Kingdom. People who want to start can use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability. The subscription used for sessions can be cancelled at any time.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Lucy combines person-centred listening with practical Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) ideas. Person-centred therapy focuses on being heard and understood first, and helps people feel more able to talk about difficult feelings. CBT offers ways to notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioural experiments to change how someone feels day to day.

She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) ideas to help people understand patterns in close relationships and to name what they feel in emotional moments. EFT-style work can be useful for those wanting to shift patterns of connection and response in important relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lucy will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and then agree together which methods to use. That decision is collaborative and can change as the work develops.

If you are considering online therapy, check the available session options before booking so you know how meetings are arranged. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also allow the use of imagery or creative exercises just as in face-to-face work. Confirm the current session formats when you book to pick what suits your day-to-day routine.