Lorelle Busby

Lorelle Busby offers calm, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression. She writes plainly and listens closely, helping clients name their struggles and find small, manageable steps forward. She acknowledges that starting therapy takes courage and encourages people to recognise their own strengths.

With five years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), she draws on several established approaches. Lorelle combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to look at unhelpful thinking patterns with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients live by their values. She also uses attachment-based ideas when relationship patterns and early experiences are relevant.

Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person. Expect straightforward conversation, practical tools to try between meetings, and gentle reflection on what matters to you. The focus may include stress, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strains, eating or sleeping problems, and challenges around intimacy and communication.

Lorelle pays attention to less common but important concerns too, such as abandonment, adoption and foster-care issues, neurodiversity like autism, and caregiver stress. She aims to make therapy a space to reduce shame and build clearer ways of coping with life changes.

People who value a down-to-earth counsellor will find her approachable. If you are unsure whether this is a good fit, she invites you to start with the short matching process and schedule a first session to talk about your goals.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions that align with those values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions where someone wants clearer direction rather than only symptom relief.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical skills to reduce unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression and stress, and gives straightforward tasks to practise between sessions.

Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional reactions. This approach can help when recurring relationship issues or feelings of abandonment are present.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lorelle will discuss different ways of working and agree on what to try first based on the client’s goals and preferences. The decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm available options when you book. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into busy days, allow shorter check-ins, or remove travel time. If you want to coordinate sessions around work, childcare or other commitments, mention this when you schedule to find a practical arrangement.