Lindsay Sykes

Lindsay Sykes is a counsellor based in the North-West of England, United Kingdom, with 15 years of clinical experience. She aims to be someone clients can speak to easily and, more importantly, someone who listens actively and carefully as they explore whatever has brought them to therapy.

Lindsay supports and empowers people on their personal journeys so they can feel more fulfilled, happier, and live a life with greater purpose and meaning. Her approach is integrative, drawing primarily on the humanistic person-centred tradition in which the client is recognised as the expert in their own story and as having the inner resources to make decisions and find answers.

In addition to person-centred work, Lindsay is a qualified cognitive behavioural therapist and uses CBT to address specific issues such as anxiety or low mood. When appropriate and agreed with the client, she may use worksheets or practical tools. Other techniques she may introduce include mindfulness, journaling and art-based activities, always grounded in the therapeutic relationship built on trust and mutual respect in a safe, supportive setting.

Her experience is varied and includes work with grief and loss, life changes and improving mental health. She has specialised throughout her career in miscarriage and pregnancy loss, baby and child loss, fertility concerns and ongoing pregnancy counselling after loss. In recent years Lindsay has also provided counselling following bereavements related to the coronavirus as well as other types of loss.

Lindsay often notices that a significant event can become the straw that broke the camel’s back - people may cope for a long time until something happens and it all becomes too much. If that resonates, working together may be helpful.