Lee Payton

I have only daytime availability during the weekdays, and no current evening or weekend spaces.

Hello, I'm Lee and thank you for visiting my profile. I work with a range of differing clients aged 18 years plus. I have a special interest in anxiety and related issues, such as panic attacks and stress. My training in counselling and psychotherapy is aimed to help you understand what is taking place when experiencing strong feelings and emotions, whether they be due to anxiety, stress, panic attacks, low mood, self-harm, trauma or a range of other areas. We then work together by talking, to look at the future you would like, without fear or sadness, anxiety or stress.

Whilst being a qualified counsellor and EMDR psychotherapist, I have also been a Counselling Psychologist in training.

Life can have a way of helping us feel that things aren’t right. This can be when we feel that we 'should’ be happier than we are, or following the funk of a global pandemic. It may be that you are feeling anxious or fearful, or are negotiating a life change, such as a redundancy, divorce or bereavement. For young adults issues can involve anxiety, exam or assessment stress, or issues fitting in. Whatever your issue, talking about thoughts and feelings can often help us feel better about them, or about changes we would like to make. I am here to help.

A free telephone or Zoom consultation precedes our first session, where you get to ask as much as you like. I can get to know a bit about you and talk about where I can help. Also, how you would like to meet, whether in-person face-to-face or Zoom sessions, or 'walk and talk' sessions in the outdoors.

In our first actual session, we chat about what isn’t feeling right, and where you would like things to be different. You may know, and you may not- both of which are okay! Either way, we discuss outcomes, your timescales, and the journey of counselling.

I offer face to face and online clinical counselling supervision for qualified counsellors and trainees.

As a Counselling Supervisor I am as passionate about helping and supporting you in your clinical counselling work, continuing professional development and future career path. My wealth of experience working alongside the NHS, Third Sector, Education and in Private Practice aims to support you and help you be the authentic and original counsellor you aim to be, placing safety and ethics at the heart of your practice.

I offer a complimentary/no charge intoductory Zoom or telephone call for you to decide whether you feel we are a good fit in working together.

Call or email me today to arrange a conversation to see how I can be of service to you.

We begin by looking at what you might like for the future, be it through training or aspirations, or whether you would like to bring clients from any particular context.