- Client-centred work
- Cognitive behavioural tools
- Mindfulness practices
About Lea
Lea Kendall is an NCPS counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with 12 years of experience. She works with adults on issues such as anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, addiction, trauma, relationship difficulties and life transitions. Lea lists guilt and shame among her focus areas and often supports people dealing with those painful feelings alongside other concerns.
Lea uses approaches drawn from client-centred work, cognitive behavioural techniques, emotionally-focused therapy, existential thinking and mindfulness. In sessions she listens for what matters most and helps people name the patterns that keep them stuck. She combines talking with practical exercises and simple mindfulness practices to help clients notice how thoughts, body and behaviour link together.
Many people turn to her when they feel overwhelmed by life changes, parenting pressures, workplace stress or struggles with identity. She also has experience supporting clients who report ADHD-related challenges, compassion fatigue and issues tied to chronic illness or caregiving. Lea pays attention to attachment and abandonment themes that often lie beneath guilt, shame and relationship pain.
Her style blends reflective conversation with short, concrete tasks to try between sessions. That might include thought records, brief behavioural experiments, grounding exercises or communication rehearsals. She invites clients to test small changes and notice what shifts in everyday life.
Outside therapy, Lea spends time as a nature guide and home-educating parent. That background informs her interest in mindfulness and connection with the natural world as tools people can use alongside therapy.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Lea draws on client-centred therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy in online work. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening closely and following what the client says matters, which helps when working through feelings like guilt and shame. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers short, practical exercises to test different ways of responding to uncomfortable emotions.She also uses emotionally-focused ideas to help identify and name core feelings that drive relationship patterns. That can be useful for intimacy issues, attachment wounds and forgiveness questions. These approaches aim to make feelings clearer and to create steps people can try between sessions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Lea treats this as a collaborative process and will help clients decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She checks in about what is useful and adapts tasks or exercises to how someone responds.
Session formats should be confirmed before booking as the biography does not specify them. Ask about available formats when you start the matching process. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, require less travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed, which helps people practice skills in their everyday routines.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with adults on anxiety, stress, depression, low self-esteem, addiction, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, and guilt and shame among other concerns.
How would she approach feelings of shame or guilt?
She uses client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques and emotionally-focused methods to help name and understand guilt and shame and to try small changes that reduce their hold.
What experience does she bring to these issues?
She has 12 years of clinical experience working with adults on life transitions, ADHD-related challenges, compassion fatigue and attachment-related difficulties.
What credential does she hold and where does she practise?
She is registered as NCPS and works in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Yes, she accepts international clients and offers sessions with people based in other countries.
In what language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.