Lucy Caplan, BACP

Lucy Caplan is a counsellor and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) with 17 years of practice. She helps people with issues such as addiction, grief, stress, anxiety, depression and relationship and family difficulties. She also supports concerns around eating and sleeping, parenting, work problems and compassion fatigue.

Her work is practical and focused on the client’s priorities. She blends client-centred ways of working with solution-focused techniques. That means sessions centre on what the person wants to address and on small steps that can be tried between meetings.

Lucy uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ideas alongside other approaches. She helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test alternative responses. She also uses motivational interviewing when people need support to change behaviours such as smoking or alcohol use.

Sessions can be short-term, time-limited or longer term depending on the issue and the person’s preference. She offers both telephone and video appointments so people can choose what fits their routine.

Lucy’s style is straightforward and practical. People are invited to set goals, try specific strategies and review progress. She works with a wide range of concerns including bereavement, domestic violence, divorce and workplace stress, and she recognises the strain on caregivers and people feeling isolated.

Clients can expect a clear focus on the problems they bring, options for coping strategies, and regular review of what is and isn’t helping.

Practical approaches for online sessions