Lindsay Riley

I am passionate about mental health and wellbeing, where my belief is counselling can support most of us make sense of our worlds and share some of the difficulties life brings.

Counselling or therapy enables you to discuss your personal challenges, in a confidential environment and assist you in exploring and understand yourself and support you in building emotional resilience. As a registered member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), I aim to provide the conditions that will support you during these challenging times.

With all that life throws at us; work challenges, relationship issues, stress, anxiety, depression and a global pandemic - it takes a toll on our mental wellbeing. It might be that you are experiencing a difficult time right now or be wanting to move away from the past that keeps holding you back.

Through the counselling that I offer, you are offered a unique space to explore these issues and I will listen, without judgement or prejudice aiming to understand your world. Currently I run my own private practice and work as a counselling trainer in a further education setting. I also work with a service provider supporting adults experiencing complex mental health issues such as borderline personality disorder and neurological conditions such as autism and ADHD.  Furthermore, I have extensive experience working with young people and adolescents aged 11-18 within at different agencies and my own practice.

I offer counselling face to face and online at present, both long and short-term. I've worked with many different issues that people have been experiencing and the areas that I focus my work in now includes:

Depression, anxiety, generalised anxiety, social anxiety, separation anxiety, low mood, feeling sad, family issues, trauma, abuse, relationship issues, loss, work-related stress, stress, self-injury and harm and suicidal thoughts.

Call, email or text me for a conversation about what I can offer, how I work and see if that fits with what you are looking for. Please note my response emails tend to go to JUNK items initially.

My approach (Integrative) allows me to be informed by a number theories and concepts (transactional analysis, person centred, CBT and some psychodynamic concepts) that enable me to understand your world from many different perspectives. I find this provides flexibility to how I work with clients. Personally, I believe in every person's potential for growth, given the right conditions and this person centred approach to being with clients, is at the heart of my work.

I offer hourly appointments.   

Following a free of charge up to 30 minute phone call / online appointment to understand your needs, our first appointment will include an assessment to gauge our suitability in working together. Please allow 70 minutes for the first appointment.

Discounts are available on a limited basis for trainee counsellors, under 21 year old and older people. I am happy to discuss affordability with you to support you accessing support.

Some concessions are available for (limited number): Counselling trainees, young people under 21 years old and elderly people.

Payments can be made by Debit Card, Bank Transfer and Cash.

As a member of the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy, their ethical framework underpins my work and as such, I am responsible to their complaints procedure. The framework provides thorough guidelines to ensure safe and best practice.