Lucas Whitworth
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About me
I am a BACP registered therapist, drawing from Existential, Psychodynamic and Humanistic approaches.
My personal view of therapy is that there is no single approach that works for everyone, which is why I chose to train in Integrative Psychotherapy. I work relationally, meaning that I am interested in how we relate to ourselves and others. These relationships might be from our past, or our present. Often it is both. We will seek to understand fixed behavioural and relational patterns so that new possibilities can emerge.
Before training in psychotherapy, I spent 10 years working in the music industry, first as a touring musician and then within a record label. Music was a valuable outlet and means of expression for me; I maintain a belief in its extraordinary powers of healing, communication and catharsis. When I began my own therapy journey, I discovered that therapy too had these powers. But, uniquely, it also provides the opportunity for meaning-making through dialogue with a trusted other. This is the space that I seek to create in my practice.
My work has included depression, anxiety, relationship problems, bereavement, domestic abuse, parenting, low self-esteem, perfectionism, substance abuse, loneliness, creative blocks and reaching creative potential.
Couples therapy
Therapy can be a neutral and protected space for couples to confront their challenges together.
The aim of couples therapy is to allow you to communicate more effectively and meaningfully with each other, so that you might better hear and be heard by your partner.
Issues that might bring a couple to therapy include infidelity, loss of sex drive, loss of intimacy, navigating significant life changes, parenting, illness, sexuality and gender questions, substance abuse, pornography/sex addiction, navigating consensual non-monogamy and, above all, communication issues.
Couples therapy can take place weekly or fortnightly. Please reach out for information on how couples therapy works in practice, and how it might be able to help with issues arising in your relationship.
Training, qualifications & experience
BACP Registered Member.
MA Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling, Regent's University London (Distinction).
Vice-Chancellor's Commendation, Regent's University London.
PGDip Psychotherapy & Counselling, Regent’s University London.
PGCert Psychotherapy & Counselling, Regent’s University London.
Couples therapy training, accredited by the National Council of Integrative Psychotherapists.
I have experience working with people in crisis, short-term solution focused counselling and long-term exploratory psychotherapy. This experience has come from my work with the NHS, other mental health providers and the Samaritans.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred).
Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision.
Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training.
All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Creative blocks and reaching creative potential.
Boarding school experience.
Climate issues and eco-anxiety.
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 - £80.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£65 a session for individuals.
£80 a session for couples.
I hold a number of reduced-fee spaces for those on low income, please ask for details.
When I work
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In person sessions: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings
Remote sessions: Mondays and Tuesdays; Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons.
Further information
As an integrative therapist, I am interested in finding a way of working that suits your experience and your needs. Some key theories and ideas for me include:
Attachment - looking at our early caregiver relationships and unresolved childhood issues and how these affect us in the present day.
Humanistic - creating the conditions in which we can safely explore our blocks to growth and achieving our potential.
Existential - finding the meaning and purpose in our lives, particularly when confronted by challenges which make us question these.
Psychotherapy is about extraordinary conversations, separate to but not removed from our day-to-day lives. Together we will find a way of looking at your challenges.
