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Lilia Sykes, BACP

Stress, Anxiety Relationships Self esteem, Motivation Depression Coping with life changes
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About me

Hello and welcome to BetterHelp, my name is Lilia. I am a BACP registered counsellor based in the UK with 8 years experience in practice. I’m here to listen and support you to a place where you have a higher self-esteem, better understanding of your emotional world, stronger relationships, healthy coping strategies and habits, and effective boundaries with others.

I offer a person-centred approach as a core of my therapeutic work, and facilitate a warm and compassionate environment during our sessions. My additional training, continuing professional development and experience allow me to integrate other useful interventions and helpful resources into our sessions, if desired, to meet your individual needs.

You have my full attention and empathy whatever you are going through. All emotions are welcome here in your safe confidential non-judgemental space. We will work at your pace and explore new topics when you feel ready. You are invited to reach out between sessions too, to share your thoughts with me if you feel comfortable.

Besides being a professional counsellor, I'm a friendly human being, with a multi-cultural background. I am genuinely interested in people and their uniqueness, respecting diversity of cultures, beliefs and lifestyles.

My usual practice hours are as follows (UK time), and our live sessions are up to 45 minutes long :

Tuesdays: 09:00-13:00 and 16:00-20:00
Wednesdays: 09:00-13:00 and 16:00-20:00
Thursdays: 09:00-13:00 and 16:00-20:00
Fridays: 09:00-13:00 and 16:00-20:00
Saturdays: 09:00-13:00 and 16:00-20:00

PLEASE NOTE: From January 2025 I will be offering my services mainly by voice call and messaging. You are very welcome to reach out if you need a session at short notice, if you would like to book a regular slot, or the time you'd like to book isn't on the schedule. I try to be flexible whenever possible.

I really look forward to working with you and I'm happy to answer any questions.



Professional experience

8 yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Relationships Self esteem, Motivation Depression Coping with life changes

Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Attachment issues, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Codependency, Communication problems, Control issues, Divorce and separation, Family problems, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Isolation / loneliness, Multicultural concerns, Prejudice and discrimination, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues

Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Services offered

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Credentials information

BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP #Lilia Sykes

Reviews

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Lilia has been an amazing therapist to me. I am grateful for all her supports. Thanks a lot.

Written on Feb 06, 2025 after therapy with Lilia for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, sleeping disorders, and bipolar disorder

Lilia is a great listener and validated my thoughts and worries. She offers great advice strategies to manage my challenges and is always kind in her advice.

Written on Jan 05, 2025 after therapy with Lilia for 7 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, self esteem, and coping with life changes

Lilia is an extremely respectful and attentive therapist with whom I have felt at ease from the start because of her empathy and non-judgemental ways. She is very soothing and I would really recommend her simple yet very effective approach. She is gentle and present during the whole process. I'm very thankful for being persistently guided, while feeling supported by her patience and calmness in working together through my long-time struggles.

Written on Dec 22, 2024 after therapy with Lilia for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and career difficulties

Lilia has a warm, kind approach and brings an authentic, human touch to our work that I really appreciate. I look forward to our sessions and would easily recommend her to anyone seeking therapy.

Written on Nov 15, 2024 after therapy with Lilia for 1 year on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, career difficulties, and compassion fatigue

Lilia is wonderful. She listens to me even when I repeat myself. She also gives excellent suggestions to help me. Lilia is always on time for our video session and we regularly chat via messages especially in response to my journal entries.

Written on Oct 29, 2024 after therapy with Lilia for 6 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and coping with life changes

I’ve been talking to Lilia for about 2 weeks now and the progress I have made already feels amazing. Highly recommended Lilia

Written on Sep 10, 2024 after therapy with Lilia for 2 weeks