Lynsey Aldrick

Tuesday & Thursday: daytime & evening (50 minute sessions)

I work from my counselling practice in Burley, Leeds LS4

I currently only work during term-time and don't provide online or telephone sessions

Hello and a warm welcome to my profile. I’m Lynsey, a qualified counsellor & psychotherapist.

I offer face-to-face therapy sessions focused on your unique requirements - a confidential space just for you.

My approach during any session is to listen to you with empathy and non-judgment, creating a compassionate space where you can begin to make sense of your experiences and feelings.

If you find it helpful, we can also reflect on your relationship patterns both with others and within yourself. Perhaps there is a specific relationship that is not working well, or a past relationship that still troubles you? Or even a repeated way of thinking about yourself? Looking back can sometimes feel daunting, but often our earliest relationships can uncover blind-spots and coping mechanisms that are still impacting us today.

The world is a complicated place but talking to someone can help you get the support you need.

You don't need to struggle alone.

I mainly work with women, in particularly mothers or those wanting to be mothers. I have experience in supporting women who are going through:

• relationship difficulties

• burn out

• conflict avoidance

• low self-worth

• loneliness

• low mood

• trying to conceive

• chronic illness

As an integrative counsellor, I draw on different therapeutic models depending on what feels most beneficial to you. These models include; person-centred, psychodynamic and attachment. I am drawn towards approaches where the focus is on exploring your behaviours in response to daily life, and the underlying causes of these behaviours. Often once we give ourselves the space to explore our inner-world we are able to face the same challenges with renewed strength.

Bring your whole self.

Your individuality is openly welcomed here. If it feels beneficial, we can explore how your personal experiences intersect with your identity, including gender, sexual diversity, social background, religion, ethnicity, neurodiversity, health, heritage, education and political beliefs. In other words, there’s nothing you cannot bring.

Qualifications:

PG Diploma (Distinction) Counselling & Psychotherapy – University of Leeds

PG Cert Interpersonal & Counselling Skills - Leeds Beckett University

I am a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and I am bound by the BACP’s ethical framework for good practice. I am fully insured, undertake regular supervision, and ensure I maintain professional standards with regular CPD.

You can email me or fill in the contact form here to begin an initial enquiry.

From there, I offer a free 20 minute zoom call to explore what counselling with me might look like and to give you a taste of how we might work together. 

If it feels good to you, I email out some paperwork that explains some more about how we can work together and there is a form for you to fill in.

First sessions often involve getting to know each other a little more, and about why you are here and what you would like.  Some people only want one session whereas others want to explore over months & years.