Lindsey Stafford, BACP

Therapeutic approaches online and how they help

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and stress when someone wants to live a more meaningful life despite difficult feelings.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with practical experiments. It is often used for anxiety, panic and low mood because it gives clear, step-by-step tools to try between sessions.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current patterns in relationships and self-view. It can help people understand recurring problems with trust, abandonment fears or communication in close relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lindsey will discuss options with each person and decide together which methods fit best. This collaborative process means goals, preferences and practical needs shape how therapy proceeds.

Online therapy offers flexibility and a range of ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit shorter check-ins, and text messaging helps people who prefer written communication. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties and daily life while keeping the focus on practical change.