Lily Earle , BACP

Lily Earle is an integrative psychotherapist who combines clinical practice with teaching and supervision on a BSc (Hons) counselling programme at the University of East London. She is a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), and has extensive experience working with adults and children across public, charitable, and private sectors.

Lily strives to create an open, warm, and nonjudgmental space where people can reflect and move forward with greater hope and clarity. She approaches therapy with a strong belief in human resilience, noting how people can adapt and recover from both physical pain and emotional trauma. Her work is grounded in the idea that most clients already carry valuable internal resources, even when those resources feel hidden or depleted.

Practicing collaboratively, pluralistically, and creatively, Lily draws on a range of models including person-centered, existential, cognitive-behavioural, and psychodynamic approaches, tailoring interventions to each individual. She sees her role as a navigator who mirrors and reflects what she observes so clients can gain clearer perspective and make use of their own understanding and experience.

When issues are complex and multi-layered, Lily helps disentangle the threads step by step, supporting clients to identify goals and to use reflective decision making to move toward those aims. She adapts her response to each person, recognising that some find emotional expression most useful while others prefer a more analytical route. Therapy with Lily offers a focused opportunity to re-examine life narratives and to explore more fulfilling ways of living.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT encourages clients to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and to clarify what matters most so they can take committed steps toward those values - it can be helpful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions). Client-Centered Therapy focuses on an empathetic, non-directive relationship in which the therapist offers genuine understanding and acceptance so clients can explore and make sense of their experiences - this approach supports self-esteem, grief work, and relational issues). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT helps people identify and gently challenge unhelpful thought patterns and behaviours, and to develop practical coping strategies for symptoms of anxiety, depression, and coping difficulties).

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Lily will work collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Therapists and licensed professionals often combine elements from different models to tailor work to the individual, and Lily adapts that process through ongoing feedback and shared decision making.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video call or phone, as well as live chat and text-based messaging, make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to access support across distances. These options can increase consistency of care and make it simpler to maintain therapeutic momentum while balancing work, family, or other commitments.