Lindsay McCarthy

I am a qualified Humanistic Psychotherapist. I offer one-to-one counselling for adults who may be living with trauma related issues, grief, depression, or difficult life experiences.

Together with earning a First-Class Honours Degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Humanistic Approaches) from the University of Derby, I have built my experience through volunteering with the Samaritans and the NHS (Ashgate Hospice). I carry out online and in-person therapy in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. 

My own journey through loss and healing has become a source of strength, which allows me to bring both professional skill and heartfelt understanding to my work.

My work draws on a blend of Humanistic therapies—Existential, Gestalt, Person-Centred, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and Transactional Analysis—brought together in a gentle, collaborative way to suit each individual.

My ideal clients are people who have lived with emotional or mental health challenges and are ready to find a gentler way forward. They may feel weighed down by the past, unsure how it has shaped their choices, yet hopeful for something different. What they long for is understanding, compassion, and a safe space to be heard without judgement. Their goals are often to accept their past with kindness, reconnect with what matters most, and create a more present, fulfilling, and balanced life.

By offering a safe space to talk and be heard, I support clients in finding greater peace and confidence. Together, we gently move from feeling stuck in the past toward looking ahead, using simple coping tools like journaling, grounding, mindful breathing, and other calming practices.

If you’re carrying the weight of past struggles or finding it hard to face the present, you don’t have to go through it alone. Together we can create a safe, supportive space where you feel truly heard and understood, and begin to gently move toward healing, self-acceptance, and a more hopeful future.

At the heart of my practice is the belief that everyone deserves a safe, non-judgemental space to be heard. 

I can offer this through either online therapy or welcome my clients to a calm, tranquil environment. In both situations you can feel supported to explore challenges at your own pace. With empathy, presence, and genuine care, I will help you to reconnect with your true self and move toward a more fulfilling life.

After studying at The University of Derby, I can appreciate the modern day stresses that can be extremely challenging during the pressures of study.  Therefore, I offer a concessionary rate to all students (evidence required) over the age of 18 who may feel the need to process their emotions through their educational journey.  I offer this as an online service to students either in school, college or university. 

My clients have often struggled to share and understand long-term emotional issues. Appreciating how this affects mental health, I provide compassion and congruence to invite exploration of emotions and challenges at their own pace. My clients are welcome to continue with therapy ongoing, or to choose a time scale in which they would like to reach a solution to their situation. 

I also offer a concessionary rate to Adults over the age of 65.  I appreciate that affordability can put people off seeking therapy, especially in later life when we feel that we have "survived this far".  I believe we all need to be heard, no matter how long we've stayed quiet. Therapy should be available to all and hopefully my consideration that cost is also a challenge can help in alleviating this worry and provide an affordable opportunity to all. 

Through our journey together we can consider safe coping strategies, such as free writing, grounding and breathing techniques, mindfulness and journaling. Together we can discover the best way forward to create inner peace and positivity toward a better future.

I offer a free 15 minute consultation either by telephone, online or face to face in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.  This can offer my clients and opportunity to consider whether or not Humanistic therapy will work for them.  

Should the client choose to continue with therapy, we will book a suitable 50 minute appointment time to enable us to carry out a full assessment, agree a contract and boundaries and establish the best approach for future sessions.

Clients are welcome to carryout therapy online, which will be a carried out via a free link provided by myself. This is purely a video link and the client is not required to have any high tech equipment, just a mobile phone or laptop which will enable them to open the link and continue with a session.

Clients are also welcome to join me in person at the comfortable, calming Therapy & Lifestyle Clinic in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, where I am an affiliated member.

Session fees are as follows:

Online or telephone therapy to students over the age of 18 years, either in School, College or University for a concessionary fee of £35 per session, payable prior to the session.

Adult online Therapy at £45 per session, payable prior to the session.

Older Adult Therapy 65+ (online or in-person) at £45 per session, payable prior to session.

Adult in-person Therapy at £55 per session, payable on the day, before or after the session is completed.

Payment is accepted either by bank transfer (online) or cash/card machine (when face to face). Invoice or Receipt of payment is available on request.

48 hour cancellation policy.

Cancellation either by email or text message, giving less than 48 hours notice will result in the full payment for the session.

Cancellation either by email or text message, offering over 48 hours notice will incur no charge.