Dr. Lucy Flitton

Dr Lucy Flitton is a psychologist with 17 years of experience who helps people find clearer ways through anxiety, low mood and repeating relationship patterns. She meets people who are coping with grief, major life changes, stress at work or home, and struggles with sleep, appetite or self-belief. Her style aims to make difficult problems feel more manageable and understandable.

Lucy uses a blend of approaches to match what each person needs. She works within a client-centred framework, listening for how a person uses language and how emotions show up in the body. She draws on ideas from developmental psychology, neuropsychology and health psychology to see problems from several angles.

Her practice includes work with trauma-related concerns, addictions and co-occurring difficulties, and issues linked to identity and intimacy. She also explores attachment and relationship patterns and supports people trying to set firmer boundaries or rebuild confidence. Her background includes study and practice with somatic methods and the Polyvagal model to notice how the nervous system responds.

Clients work on practical skills for managing overwhelming feelings, on understanding recurring patterns, and on building healthier ways to relate. Sessions often include noticing physical responses, reflecting on inner parts, and trying small behavioural changes between meetings. Lucy aims to help people feel steadier, less self-critical, and more able to face everyday demands.

She is registered with BACP and NCPS and works from the United Kingdom. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients may be supported; check session options before booking. To start, people use the platform Start Therapy flow to match and schedule time with her.

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values; it can help with anxiety, depression and motivation. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and is useful for relationship difficulties and intimacy-related concerns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, focuses on spotting thinking and behaviour patterns that keep problems going and practising different responses to improve mood and daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then try methods that suit them. Work is collaborative and may shift over time as needs change.

The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people join from different locations if they live abroad. Registered or accredited professionals typically adapt exercises, body-awareness practices and behavioural tasks so they work well over distance.