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- Attachment work
- Client-centred care
- Hypnotherapy offered
About Lesley
Lesley Parfitt is a Counsellor and Psychotherapist (NCPS) with five years' clinical experience in the United Kingdom. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, eating concerns and self-esteem. Lesley uses a mix of approaches and often draws on attachment work, client-centred techniques and cognitive behavioural ideas.
Lesley frames her work from a depth-oriented perspective while adapting methods to each person. Sessions often look at how past relationships and attachment patterns affect present feelings and behaviour. Practical tools from cognitive behavioural work are used alongside reflective, meaning-focused conversations.
She also offers hypnotherapy as part of her toolkit for specific issues where this approach can help shift habits and reduce anxious or intrusive thoughts. Jungian ideas and existential questions about purpose and meaning appear in longer-term discussions when people want to explore identity and inner narrative.
Lesley pays attention to body image, control issues, and the emotional fallout of separation and forgiveness. She works with people dealing with guilt, shame, panic attacks, mood problems and post-traumatic stress and supports those wanting to build self-love and clearer life direction.
Her background includes pluralistic practice and training across psychodynamic, humanistic and cognitive-behavioural approaches. That range is used to decide what techniques best fit each person in the room. Lesley conducts sessions in English and accepts international clients, and her fees vary with location under a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape feelings and reactions now. Online sessions can be used to identify attachment styles and practise new ways of relating that reduce anxious or avoidant responses. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what someone says to help them explore their own thoughts and feelings. This approach in remote sessions helps people organise thoughts, gain clarity and feel genuinely heard. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) offers concrete techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. In online appointments CBT can include thought records, behavioural experiments and short homework tasks that fit into daily life.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Lesley will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. That choice can be revisited as therapy progresses so the approach remains practical and relevant.
The biography does not list the exact session formats offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments around work and family life, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when a quick follow-up is helpful. Some formats also use less bandwidth or avoid video when that helps someone focus. Registered or accredited professionals often use these practical benefits to keep therapy workable within a busy schedule.
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Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, eating concerns and low self-esteem. Additional focuses include body image, control issues, panic attacks and post-traumatic stress.
What therapeutic approaches does she use?
Her practice is integrative. She commonly uses attachment-based work, client-centred methods, cognitive behavioural techniques, existential discussion and hypnotherapy as appropriate.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of experience working as a counsellor and psychotherapist in the UK.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is listed with NCPS and works in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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