Lucy Palmer, BACP

Lucy Palmer is a professional counsellor based in Scotland who creates a warm, welcoming space for people facing difficult moments in life. She works in a person-centered, LGBTQ+ inclusive way, helping individuals explore identity concerns, grief and bereavement, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and stress while recognising each person’s unique resilience. Counselling is presented as an opportunity to reconnect with that resilient part of the self and to build insights that remain useful beyond the therapy room.

Her background includes roles as a counsellor, a listening service volunteer and an online peer supporter, and she holds a Higher National Diploma in Counselling. A Higher National Diploma is a vocational higher education qualification that provides practical and theoretical training in the field. She is also affiliated with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

As an integrative practitioner she draws on Humanistic, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psychodynamic and Pluralistic approaches, while keeping the therapeutic relationship at the centre of every session. She aims to offer a nonjudgmental, attentive presence for those taking the often-daunting first steps towards counselling and supports clients in finding approaches that suit them as individuals.