Lorelle Busby, BACP
Calm, story-focused counselling for life changes
Details
| Name | Lorelle Busby |
|---|---|
| Credentials | BACP |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | BACP |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 5 |
About Lorelle
Lorelle Busby welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or changes in life. She presents herself as a calm, steady counsellor who starts by listening to each person's story. She makes space for worries about relationships, parenting, work and identity.
Lorelle is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Lorelle works with issues including trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem and intimacy-related difficulties. She also supports people facing eating or sleeping problems, attention concerns such as ADHD, and the strain of caregiving.
Background and approach
Her experience covers a wide range of family and communication problems without running family or couples sessions unless that is arranged explicitly. Her way of working draws on Narrative approaches, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-based ideas. Lorelle encourages people to notice the stories they tell about themselves and to try new ways of responding to painful thoughts and feelings.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to the person's needs. She also uses client-centred and cognitive behavioural techniques to help people build small, practical changes. That might mean testing a new routine for sleep, trying a different way of speaking about an event, or practising an acceptance skill between sessions.
Lorelle has five years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She offers sessions in English by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging and works via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem among the things Lorelle works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Lorelle among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Lorelle among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Lorelle among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Lorelle among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Lorelle among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Lorelle among the ways she works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by Lorelle among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Lorelle directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Lorelle directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Narrative and ACT work in online sessions
Her practice draws on Narrative Therapy, which focuses on the stories people tell about themselves and their lives and helps rewrite those stories in less limiting ways. That approach can be useful for problems tied to identity, shame or long-standing patterns of thought.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them and to take values-led action. ACT can help with anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lorelle treats therapy as a collaborative process and will explore together which ideas and exercises fit a person's goals and situation. She may blend narrative, ACT and attachment-informed tools to match what the client needs.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits those who prefer typed exchanges, and text messaging works well for brief check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting and day-to-day life.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Lorelle supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. She also works with issues such as self-esteem, grief, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD-related concerns and career or parenting stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and story-focused, using Narrative ideas alongside ACT and attachment-informed perspectives. Sessions tend to be practical and paced to the person’s needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practices from the United Kingdom.
Can I have sessions in another language or from another country?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not taking international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be arranged by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
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