Psychologist and trauma psychotherapist
Trauma — midlife — identity
I work with high-responsibility women in perimenopause and menopause whose professional self is cracking — often because a trauma-shaped nervous system now has less hormonal cover.
They still look capable. What has changed is self-trust.
Sessions are online.
The first conversation is to see whether this collision is what is happening — and whether we are a fit.
5/5
Lucy Flitton PhD
Psychologist & trauma psychotherapist
Level 4 Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (MBACP)
- I treat trauma. I do not prescribe HRT.
- Medical menopause care sits alongside this work; it does not replace it.
- I am not a Health Psychologist.
My work sits at the collision of trauma physiology, hormonal change, and identity. I see women who have spent years being the composed one — at work, at home, or both — and who no longer recognise themselves in midlife.
Hi,
I’m Dr. Lucy Flitton
I am Dr Lucy Flitton, a psychologist and trauma psychotherapist.
That is often not a personality change. Identity is who you are. Capacity is what the system can access right now. When hormonal cover drops, a nervous system shaped by trauma or high vigilance has less buffer. The old output becomes expensive. Shame grows if we treat that as a character problem.
- Sessions are online.
How
I work
This is trauma psychotherapy, including somatic and complex-trauma work, held inside a midlife physiology frame.
We look at identity and capacity together. We take the professional self seriously — because that is often where the crack shows first.
I collaborate with GPs and menopause-literate medical care. I do not manage hormones.
- A GP or clinic referral is welcome and not required.
Client Reviews
Dr. Flitton is a gifted, wise, and experienced therapist. She is professional and creates an environment where I feel safe sharing and where I feel heard and supported, and the materials she has shared with me have been spot-on and enormously helpful in my journey. Her knack for distilling what I've expressed into real, understandable reflections that help me to understand my thoughts and their origins is precious and unique, and something I've not experienced in therapy until sessions with Dr. Flitton.
- Client
Dr. Flitton has a remarkable ability to ask precise questions that guide me in the right direction. I am often amazed at how much clarity I gain after our sessions. She is also very warm and patient. I highly recommend her as a therapist.
- Client
Dr Flitton is a good specialist, she's caring and helps us a lot.
- Client
Benefits of Working With Me:
A Safe, Confidential Space
Express your emotions without judgment, knowing you are fully supported.
Empathic & Person-Centered Approach:
Understand yourself better with a compassionate partner in your healing journey.
Trauma-Informed Tools & Techniques
Integrate past experiences into a coherent sense of self, reducing anxiety and emotional pain.
Pathway to a Value-Based Life
Move beyond survival mode to thrive, living in alignment with your values and purpose.
Take
the Next Step
Write briefly what is happening. I will offer a short conversation to see whether this is the right piece of work.
Online only. A GP or clinic referral is welcome and not required.