Lee Freeman

Lee Freeman is a UK-based counsellor with five years' experience working with adults online. He focuses on trauma, PTSD and complex relationship difficulties and offers a calm, down-to-earth way of talking through hard things. He supports people coping with anxiety, depression, grief and low self-esteem, and those affected by childhood or sexual abuse and difficult or coercive relationships.

Lee uses straightforward, collaborative conversations rather than technical jargon. Sessions are paced to each person's needs, with an emphasis on emotional regulation and clearer boundaries. He describes his style as warm and grounded, aiming to make space for whatever someone brings.

His practice draws on trauma-informed cognitive behavioural techniques alongside relational ideas. Mindfulness and solution-focused elements are used to build practical skills for day-to-day life. This mix is used to help people stabilise emotions and manage stressful relationships.

Clients work on understanding patterns that keep them stuck and on building tools to cope better. That can include working on body image and eating concerns, impulse control, and problems with communication or trust. The aim is practical change rather than quick fixes.

Lee encourages people to start from where they are and to take small steps. He helps people make sense of painful past events and to find ways to live more fully in the present.

How Lee’s approaches translate to online therapy

Lee integrates trauma-informed cognitive behavioural work and relational, client-centred ideas in his online practice. Trauma-informed CBT helps people identify unhelpful thinking and build coping skills for anxiety, low mood and trauma-related symptoms. It is practical and focused on changing patterns that cause distress.

Relational and client-centred ways of working prioritise the therapeutic relationship and the person's experience. These approaches help when the core issue involves trust, boundaries or repeated relationship patterns. Mindfulness elements are used alongside these to support emotional regulation and present-moment awareness.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences with each person and adapt techniques as therapy progresses, so sessions feel collaborative rather than prescriptive.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier timing around work and family life and avoiding travel. It can make regular sessions simpler to keep and allows someone to join from wherever they are. Confirm the exact online session arrangements before booking so they fit with your routine and needs.