Lesley Palm, BACP

Lesley Palm is a counsellor with four years' experience who offers a gentle, client-led approach. She welcomes people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, grief or big life changes. Lesley is a BACP member - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and she blends counselling, life coaching and mindfulness practices in her work.

She aims to move at each person's pace. Sessions focus on the relationship between client and counsellor and on helping people feel heard and understood. Lesley offers an initial free consultation so potential clients can check whether their styles match before continuing.

In practical terms she supports people with self-esteem, parenting concerns, career stress and anger. She also helps with trauma and abuse, relationship issues, depression and ADHD related challenges. Additional focus areas include addiction, hoarding, isolation and the emotional impact of ageing.

Her style is down-to-earth and supportive. She uses mindfulness exercises alongside client-centred listening to help people develop new ways of coping. Motivational interviewing techniques are used when clients want help finding direction or making lasting behaviour change.

Sessions are available by telephone and video, and Lesley works with clients in the United Kingdom while accepting international clients as well. To begin, clients follow the site process to match with her and then arrange times that fit their schedules.

How Lesley uses counselling approaches online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and creating a collaborative relationship where the client sets the pace. It helps people who need a supportive space to talk and make sense of difficult feelings.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce overwhelm and manage anxiety. These short exercises can help people ground themselves between sessions and notice habitual reactions.

Motivational Interviewing is a conversational method that helps people clarify goals and find motivation to change behaviours. It is useful when someone wants direction with addiction, habits or life transitions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about what they want to achieve and try different methods to find the best fit. This happens together, with goals and preferences guiding decisions.

Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. They remove travel time and can allow appointments during breaks or from different locations. Check the current session options before booking so you know whether telephone or video sessions are available and which will suit your routine best.