Lixson Cyriac, BACP

Lixson Cyriac is a BACP counsellor working in the United Kingdom with eight years of practice. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, depression, anger, grief, addictions and other difficulties. Sessions can also address eating issues, bipolar mood concerns and career pressures.

He trained at Birkbeck College, University of London, and the University of East London. He has worked with a counselling foundation accredited with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and has provided student counselling at several higher-education institutions. He is currently part of a counselling team in Marylebone.

His main approach is psychodynamic therapy, which looks at how earlier life experiences shape present patterns and coping responses. Much of this work pays attention to unconscious processes and how they influence current feelings and reactions. He also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques when they can help address specific thoughts and behaviours.

He often works collaboratively with people to decide which approach suits a particular issue and how long counselling might best continue. Practical concerns and the presenting problem guide the choice of methods rather than any single preferred model.

Alongside counselling, he has extensive experience offering pastoral and spiritual care in hospitals, care homes, schools and homelessness rehabilitation settings. Some clients bring spiritual or pastoral matters into therapy and he can include those conversations when they are relevant.

How his approaches translate to online therapy