Lynne Mollison, BACP, NCPS

Lynne Mollison draws on a varied professional background to offer straightforward counselling. She trained and worked in nursing within neuroscience and intensive therapy care, and later spent time in the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry in mental health roles. Lynne uses this mix of experience to support people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma and related issues. Her practice focuses on helping people make sense of difficult moments. Sessions are aimed at improving understanding of yourself and finding practical resources for change. She offers counselling and hypnotherapy to adults and younger people, and can provide support linked to workplaces or educational settings such as student services. Lynne has worked with adult services across a range of difficulties, including grief, depression, sleeping problems, low self-esteem and compassion fatigue. She also covers relationship and intimacy-related concerns, parenting stress, anger, career worries and LGBT issues. Her background includes experience of school counselling as a whole-school approach, supporting staff, children and families within that context. In the room she creates a steady environment for people to talk through their experiences. Conversations are used to explore patterns that keep problems going and to identify alternative choices. Depending on the person, she may draw on thoughtful discussion, practical techniques or brief focused work to make progress. Her aim is to help people recognise more meaningful options and practical next steps. Sessions are tailored to individual needs and paced to what feels manageable for each person.

Approaches to explore in online work

Lynne draws on Client-Centred Therapy to create a respectful, collaborative space where people are listened to and helped to find their own answers. This approach suits people who want a supportive listener and time to make sense of their experiences. She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often helpful for worry, low mood and sleep difficulties. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Lynne will discuss what feels most useful and will adjust techniques to match a person’s goals, needs and preferences. The decision about focus and methods is made collaboratively during early sessions. Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific online formats. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions around daily life, such as arranging a shorter check-in during a lunch break or avoiding travel to attend. It can also allow sessions when quieter surroundings are easier to arrange or when being on camera is not wanted. Registered or accredited professionals, including therapists like Lynne, aim to adapt sessions so therapy fits with each person’s everyday routine.