Lucia Fleet , BACP

Lucia Fleet is a BACP-credentialed therapist based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience working in varied settings and with diverse clients. She has particular experience supporting people affected by childhood trauma, addiction including gambling and sex addiction, ADHD, domestic abuse, depression, and anxiety, and she also works for the NHS within their gambling addiction service.

Lucia adapts her pace and style to each person she meets. Some clients prefer a more analytical, fast-paced exploration of patterns that hold them back and value her ability to identify and work through those themes. Others come to focus more slowly on emotions and pain and appreciate her empathic listening and capacity to hold difficult feelings. Often a blended approach is most helpful, combining insight and emotional processing as needed.

She approaches therapy collaboratively, acknowledging that while she brings professional skill, the client remains the expert on their own life. Together they explore what is and is not working, aim to interrupt destructive patterns, and foster greater self-acceptance and forgiveness. Lucia believes much distress stems from not valuing oneself, and a core aim of her work is to help people recognise their strengths and develop compassion for themselves.

Her training spans several psychological approaches, including psychodynamic work, person-centred methods, and transactional analysis, allowing her to select what fits best for each client. Initial sessions focus on getting to know one another and deciding whether to continue together. Lucia practises during daytime hours on UK GMT and does not offer evening or weekend appointments, though she often works with international clients whose time zones may allow sessions outside UK business hours.

Client-Centered Care and Online Access

Client-centered therapy places the client's experience at the heart of the work, offering an empathic, non-directive space where the therapist supports exploration of feelings and personal meaning. This approach helps with issues such as self-esteem, relationship difficulties, and coping with life changes by encouraging self-understanding and self-compassion.

Lucia also draws on psychodynamic ideas to explore how past experiences and relational patterns influence present behaviour. This gentle exploration can illuminate roots of anxiety, trauma responses, and repeating patterns that affect relationships and daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and is decided collaboratively. Lucia works with clients to identify goals, preferences, and the pace that feels most helpful, tailoring methods as the work unfolds so the therapy fits the person's needs.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for scheduling and accessibility across locations. These formats make it possible to engage in meaningful therapeutic work without travel, accommodate varied routines and time zones, and maintain continuity of care when life circumstances change.