Lidia Alvarez Veas, BACP

Person-centred work focuses on listening and understanding your experience, helping you feel heard so you can notice what you need and make clearer choices. This approach helps when someone needs a safe space to talk through feelings and decisions. Cognitive behavioural techniques involve learning practical strategies to manage anxious thoughts and strong emotions, such as breathing exercises, activity planning and changing unhelpful thinking patterns; these are useful for stress, anxiety and mood concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will work together with you to decide which methods suit your goals and preferences. That might mean using more skills-based work for immediate coping, or spending time looking at how past experiences shape current patterns, and adapting as you go.

Online therapy with Lidia can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. Video sessions let you see facial expressions and do deeper conversations, while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is low or you want a less visual check-in. Live chat and text work well for shorter check-ins, writing through thoughts, or when you prefer to reflect in writing. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, family or other commitments.