Lyndsay Macaulay

Lyndsay Macaulay is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting strains, and low self-esteem. She also helps with depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, intimacy worries, and problems with eating or sleeping. Lyndsay works with people navigating career changes and life transitions who need clearer ways to cope.

Her style is warm and steady. She uses a person-centred foundation so the client sets the pace and direction, and she complements that with cognitive behavioural techniques and hypnotherapy. Sessions aim to be calm and non-judgemental so people can talk openly and begin to make sense of their thoughts and feelings.

In the room she helps people spot unhelpful patterns and build self-awareness. Lyndsay focuses on practical steps as well as exploring deeper feelings, so conversations move between immediate coping strategies and longer-term reflection. She encourages clients to reconnect with what matters to them and to find small changes that feel manageable.

With three years of experience and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, she brings a clear, collaborative approach. The emphasis is on working alongside clients rather than directing or diagnosing, and on supporting their capacity to grow and heal.

If someone wants to check whether she might be a good fit, they can start with a short matching process and then arrange sessions according to her schedule.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Person-centred work puts the person at the heart of therapy. It means sessions follow the client’s lead, with the counsellor offering a steady, listening presence to help the client make sense of feelings and find their own solutions. This approach is helpful for people who need time to talk things through and set the pace.

Cognitive behavioural techniques focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical steps. CBT can help with anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and managing stress by building skills that reduce distress over time. Hypnotherapy complements these methods by using guided relaxation and focused attention to access changes in thinking and behaviour for issues like stress or unhelpful habits.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide what feels most useful, adapting as goals and needs change. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions remain relevant and responsive.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow check-ins that suit a work break or quieter moment. It also lets people try different ways of working and see what best supports their progress without assuming a single format will be used.