Counsellor profile
Jody Lumley, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - relationships and trauma
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 376178
- Experience
- 9 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Codependency support
- CBT and mindfulness
- Person-centred approach
About Jody
Jody Lumley is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with nine years' experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addiction concerns and codependency. She also supports those dealing with ADHD, loss, anger and career pressures.
Jody uses a person-centred style that keeps the person's own goals at the centre of sessions. She combines that with approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness when these fit a person's needs. Her background includes work with emergency services and people who have experienced trauma and abuse.
In sessions she aims to help people notice unhelpful patterns and develop practical ways to set boundaries, manage strong feelings, and reduce overwhelm. She works with memories and past wounds when trauma is part of the picture, and with present-day thinking and behaviour when someone wants clearer steps forward.
She draws on solution-focused techniques to identify immediate, manageable changes. Psychodynamic ideas are used where understanding past relationships helps explain current patterns. Mindfulness practices are offered to strengthen attention and reduce reactivity.
People who have lived with domestic violence, self-harm, PTSD, complex trauma or personality-related difficulties are within her stated experience. Jody asks people to set goals together, and she reviews progress as therapy continues. The payment model uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and a first session is scheduled using the See online therapy options button. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy places the person's own goals and experiences at the heart of sessions. The therapist listens closely and helps reflect what is important to the client, which supports work on relationships and codependency-related patterns.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings and actions. In practice this means spotting repeating thoughts, testing them, and trying small behavioural experiments to reduce anxiety or people-pleasing behaviour.
Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and increase moment-to-moment awareness. These techniques can help when strong emotions or rumination get in the way of setting boundaries.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. Jody will work with the person to identify goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust plans if something is not helping. The clinician and client review progress together and make decisions about which techniques to keep using.
The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into work, childcare and busy lives, and some formats can be shorter check-ins or audio-only if that suits the person's needs. Registered or accredited professionals can offer these options, and Jody will discuss what best fits practical routines and therapeutic aims during the matching and first session process.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Can she help with people-pleasing and boundary issues?
Yes. The biography lists relationship, intimacy issues and codependency as areas she supports, and she works on setting boundaries and reducing overwhelm.
What is her way of working in sessions?
She adopts a person-centred approach while integrating CBT, mindfulness and solution-focused techniques as needed. Sessions focus on practical steps and understanding patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience and has worked with people from many backgrounds, including emergency services and those affected by trauma.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not currently accept international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original profile does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How is payment handled?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Begin by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.