- Years in practice
- 3
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Lucy
Lucy Ball is a counsellor who focuses on practical, evidence-based support for common life struggles. She has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration. Lucy aims to make the first step feel manageable for people feeling overwhelmed or stuck.
She helps with stress and anxiety, mood difficulties, confidence and self-esteem, and issues arising after trauma and abuse. Relationship concerns and motivation are also central to her work, alongside areas such as sleep, eating, and parenting challenges.
Background and approach
Lucy also offers support around addiction, grief, and coping with life transitions. Sessions are tailored to each person. Lucy listens first, then shapes a simple plan with clear steps.
She keeps language straightforward and practical so parents and busy people can follow along easily. Lucy describes her approach as compassionate and respectful. She works to create a calm space where people can talk things through and try new ways of coping.
Her practice mixes discussion with practical exercises and paced goal-setting. People who choose her can expect short-term goal focus when that suits, or a longer conversation if needed. She supports people facing issues linked to identity and sexuality, including LGBT concerns, and helps with career-related stress and burnout.
Lucy aims to help people make steady, realistic changes that fit their daily lives.
What Lucy works with
Everything Lucy lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Lucy helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches you can try online and how they help
Lucy uses straightforward, evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on what helps most in daily life. One common approach is goal-focused talking and skills work that targets stress, anxiety and low mood by teaching coping strategies and breathing or relaxation practices. This helps when anxiety or overwhelm gets in the way of parenting or work.Another common strand is trauma-informed conversation and pacing, which carefully explores past hurts while building stability and safety in the present. This approach aims to reduce distressing reactions and improve day-to-day functioning after abuse or other traumatic events.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, try methods collaboratively, and adjust things based on the client’s needs, goals and preferences. That means clients help shape the plan and can switch focus if something isn’t working.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full sessions and face-to-face style conversation. Phone sessions suit lower bandwidth or shorter check-ins. Live chat or messaging can fit around busy days or give quick support between longer sessions. These options make therapy flexible and easier to fit into family life or work schedules.
Questions people ask about Lucy
What problems does Lucy help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship concerns, self-esteem and confidence, parenting issues, addiction, grief and a wide range of life challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and compassionate. Sessions focus on understanding problems, setting small goals, and trying doable strategies that fit everyday life.
How much experience does she have?
Lucy has three years of professional experience working with people on the concerns listed above.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats does she use?
Lucy offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and the subscription model is used; the subscription can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a therapy process with her?
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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