Lucia Burridge

Lucia Burridge is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage strong emotions like anger, stress and anxiety. She works in a calm, straightforward way to make sessions feel safe and easy to follow. Lucia holds BACP and has seven years of practice experience helping people who are dealing with grief, depression, relationship strain and life changes.

She trained to be a counsellor and later worked outside the field before returning to practice. Personal experience of loss and recovery shaped her decision to support others, and she now brings those practical coping skills into sessions. Lucia uses a person-centred style that puts the individual’s concerns at the centre of the work.

Lucia also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at how thoughts and behaviours affect feelings. She blends these two approaches to tailor sessions to each person’s needs. Conversations focus on concrete steps and small changes that can ease daily stress and reduce angry reactions.

Sessions are conversational and paced to suit the individual. Lucia invites people to talk through recent events, long-term patterns, or things that feel overwhelming. She aims to help people build clearer thinking habits and healthier ways of coping.

Lucia works with issues such as addiction, parenting strain, sleep and eating difficulties, intimacy concerns, and coping with chronic illness. She welcomes people from different backgrounds and can work with international clients. Practical tools and steady support are central to her approach.

How Lucia uses approaches online and in sessions

Client-centred therapy puts the person's experience at the heart of the work. It involves listening closely, reflecting what is said, and helping people feel heard. This approach is useful for exploring emotional hurts, relationship worries and feelings of emptiness.

Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions affect feelings. It uses straightforward exercises and small experiments to change unhelpful thinking and reduce repeated angry or anxious reactions. CBT can help with sleep, low mood, and managing stress triggers.

Deciding which approach to use is a joint process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, what has helped before, and what feels manageable. Together they will choose techniques that fit the person's day-to-day life and adapt as progress is made.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the profile does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around busy days and reduce travel time. It can also allow shorter check-ins when time is tight or sessions without video when that suits better. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often find online sessions a practical way to keep therapy consistent alongside everyday responsibilities.