Lydia Jenkins, BACP

Lydia Jenkins is an integrative therapist who supports people ready to make meaningful change in their lives. She works with clients who want to understand themselves more deeply, break recurring patterns, and find gentler ways of living when anxiety, depression, trauma, anger, or grief feel overwhelming. Lydia combines attentive listening with practical exercises so that therapy can include both reflection and action tailored to each person.

Her practice is grounded in person-centred principles, which prioritise the client’s perspective and pace, and she supplements this base with approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, compassion-focused techniques, and strengths-based positive methods. That mix allows sessions to move between exploring experiences and building coping strategies that fit a client’s everyday life. Lydia aims to help clients discover what works for them, whether for short-term challenges or longer-term change.

Clients who choose to work with Lydia can expect a warm, non-judgemental space where their wellbeing guides the work and they remain in control of the process. Lydia Jenkins holds BACP membership - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and she applies an adaptable, supportive approach to help people take the next step toward feeling more able to manage life’s difficulties.

How Lydia's therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Lydia uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being controlled by them, and to clarify personal values that guide meaningful action - a useful approach for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationship patterns shape current connections and to support work on intimacy, abandonment, and communication issues. Client-Centred Therapy underpins her practice by keeping the client’s experience central, offering an empathic, non-directive stance that helps people feel heard and choose the pace and focus of therapy.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Lydia works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their goals, preferences, and circumstances, and she adapts techniques as those needs change over time. This shared process helps tailor therapy to practical outcomes while respecting individual pacing.

Online therapy with Lydia is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access regular support from registered professionals without travelling, and they allow therapy to fit more naturally into daily life while maintaining a consistent therapeutic relationship.