Lucy Bello, BACP

Lucy Bello is a counsellor with five years of practice in the United Kingdom. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief and loss, and low self-esteem. Lucy encourages clients to draw on their own strengths while taking small, practical steps toward change.

Her approach centres on helping people become clearer about what matters to them. She uses practical tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different responses. She also draws on attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationships shape current struggles.

Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person. Conversations focus on real-life problems - such as managing overwhelm, improving communication, or rebuilding confidence after loss. Exercises and take-home ideas are offered when useful, so progress can continue between sessions.

Lucy is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, which is noted as her professional credential. She works in English and sees people based in the UK.

If someone is unsure how to start, Lucy asks clear, simple questions to identify priorities and set practical goals. The aim is steady progress rather than sudden fixes, and to help people find ways to manage midlife and other life transitions more confidently.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and decide what matters to them, then take small steps toward those values. This approach can suit people struggling with midlife choices, anxiety or loss of direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep problems going and introducing practical experiments to change them, which can help with anxiety, low mood and confidence problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current ways of relating, and it can be useful for intimacy issues and relationship difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they adapt methods and pace so therapy fits each person's needs and aims.

Confirm current session options 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 quicker check-ins on difficult weeks. It also lets people use exercises and worksheets between sessions and brings therapy into the context of everyday routines. Registered or accredited professionals can support this process and help clients apply what they practise in session to real situations.