Lindsay Rose , BACP

Lindsay Rose trained as a counsellor after many years teaching adults, teenagers and children. Observing how limited access to mental health support affected both students and colleagues led Lindsay to pursue counselling as a second career, driven by a belief that high-quality therapeutic work can make meaningful change in people’s lives.

Lindsay believes counselling can help heal childhood wounds, shift perspectives, and deepen understanding of one’s personality, beliefs and behaviours. Sessions are delivered with a warm, non-judgemental stance that keeps the client in control of the pace and focus of each meeting. Her approach is integrative, drawing on cognitive behavioural techniques, solution-based strategies, gestalt methods and person-centred principles to match the needs of the individual.

If a person needs space to be heard, Lindsay listens attentively; if there is a desire to address unhelpful thinking patterns, she guides clients through practical steps to challenge and change those patterns. She tailors work to specific goals when a client brings a focused issue to therapy. Lindsay has worked successfully with trauma, obsessive compulsive disorder, social anxiety, health anxiety and phobias among other concerns.

Her background in English teaching supports clients for whom English is a second language, allowing extra patience and clarity when finding words can be difficult. If someone feels Lindsay might be the right person to help, she invites them to get in touch to explore therapy together.