Lindsay Westwood, BACP

Counsellor Lindsay Westwood is a BACP-registered practitioner with six years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She trained with a Masters degree in counselling and psychotherapy and draws on a background in psychology and creative practice. Lindsay lists areas she works with such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, ADHD, addiction and relationship concerns.

Her approach is rooted in Client-Centred Therapy. She aims to listen without judgement and to help people bring unconscious patterns into awareness. Sessions focus on the client's own experience and the meanings they place on their life events.

Lindsay describes using learning from several trauma models and mindful awareness in her work. She offers psychoeducation about grief and supports people dealing with losses and complex reactions to difficult events. She also cites experience with adverse childhood experiences, anger, sexual abuse, and the effects of substance misuse in families.

She runs inner child workshops and mindfulness practice groups alongside one-to-one work. Workshops focus on play and learning simple breath-based practices to manage stress and bodily tension. These group options are additional ways she says people can build practical skills.

Lindsay says she adapts her style to the issue presented and works with goal-setting and coping strategies when those are needed. The emphasis is on collaboration, helping people notice patterns, and supporting clearer decision making about the present and future.

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