Lyndsey McCartney

Lyndsey McCartney is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP and NCPS credentials and has eight years' experience supporting people through bereavement, loss and related difficulties. Lyndsey works with issues such as anxiety, depression, anger and relationship strain, and she also supports people facing parenting pressures, career changes and compassion fatigue.

Her style is warm and interactive. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs rather than a fixed formula. Lyndsey uses straightforward conversation, reflective listening and practical tasks to help people make sense of difficult feelings.

She views loss broadly, recognising that grief can follow a death, the end of a relationship, a job change or health loss. In practice she helps people name what has changed, work through strong emotions and find ways to move forward at their own pace.

Therapy draws on a mix of approaches including client-centred work, cognitive behavioural techniques and psychodynamic ideas. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are also part of her toolkit when these fit a person's goals. Sessions can include skills practice, problem solving and talking about past experiences that matter now.

Lyndsey aims to create a respectful, non-judgemental space for people to explore painful topics. She invites clients to set small, achievable steps and to review progress together. If someone wants to begin, the usual route is to use the site's Start Therapy flow and complete a short matching questionnaire.

Therapeutic approaches that translate to online work

Lyndsey uses client-centred work which focuses on listening closely and following what matters to the person. This approach helps people feel heard and guides the pace of the work.

She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, a practical method that looks at thoughts, behaviours and simple skills to reduce anxiety, manage anger and lift mood. Mindfulness is used alongside these approaches to build grounding, awareness and stress management skills.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Lyndsey works collaboratively to decide which methods suit a person's goals and preferences and reviews this as work progresses. That means sessions can shift between talking, skills practice and short exercises depending on what helps most.

Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so please confirm available online options before booking. In general, online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work, reduce travel time and allow brief check-ins when a full face-to-face appointment is harder to arrange. It also lets people practise mindfulness or behavioural tasks at home and bring those experiences back into sessions for discussion.