Lionel Hunter
Compassionate counsellor focusing on strength-based change
About Lionel
Lionel Hunter practices a warm, client-centred approach that puts the person's experience first. He uses straightforward conversation to help people who are struggling with stress, anxiety and LGBT-related concerns. Lionel encourages people to build on their own strengths and to take steps that feel manageable.
He aims to make first contacts as simple and humane as possible. Over seven years of practice have shaped Lionel's way of working. He blends Client-Centred Therapy with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) depending on what a person needs.
Background and approach
That means sessions can be about understanding feelings, changing unhelpful thinking patterns, or working on attachment and emotional responses. People come with a wide range of issues. Lionel has experience supporting those facing depression, bipolar mood difficulties, grief, parenting strain and compassion fatigue.
He also helps with relationship and intimacy-related concerns, communication problems, jealousy, infidelity and non-monogamous relationship dynamics. Other areas he commonly addresses include obsessive-compulsive symptoms, panic attacks, phobias, eating issues, anger and problems with impulsivity or control. He also offers support around life transitions, midlife concerns, fatherhood issues and questions about gender identity.
Sessions are available in English and are provided from the United Kingdom. Lionel holds NCPS and uses an accessible, collaborative style. He listens carefully, helps people set realistic goals and reviews progress together.
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Sessions & fees
How Lionel's approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting bond. The counsellor follows the person's lead, reflects feelings and supports people to find their own solutions. This approach helps when someone needs space to make sense of emotions or build self-trust.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. Online CBT often uses short exercises and practical tasks between sessions to challenge unhelpful thinking and test new behaviours, which can help with anxiety, OCD symptoms and panic attacks.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on emotional responses in close relationships. It helps people recognise patterns in how they attach and respond, and work toward healthier ways of connecting and expressing needs.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist discusses goals and preferences and together they choose methods that fit the person's situation. That collaborative process means approaches can be adapted as progress is reviewed.
Online sessions are offered via video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low, live chat can offer a quicker check-in, and messaging supports ongoing contact between synchronous meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
