About me
Hello, my name is Lucy. I'm a specialist neurodivergent therapist working with neurodivergent and/or neuro-curious adults, children and family members.
I can provide you with a friendly, supportive and highly experienced neuro-affirming psychotherapeutic counselling service. I also provide Neurodivergent Coaching sessions, or a bit of both :)
I have been providing mental health support for over 15 years and established my own counselling support service in 2015. I have successfully helped many people with social anxiety, depression, stress, general anxiety, loss, loneliness, social isolation, low self esteem, anger, relationship problems, masking, gender dysphoria and other similar issues commonly experienced by neurodivergent people.
If you are diagnosed, self diagnosed or identify as neurodivergent its important to validate that this is part of your identity and to celebrate your strengths whilst working to overcome things that are challenging. Standard counselling or CBT techniques may not be hugely helpful as they are based on identifying and changing thought patterns. A neurological processing difference may mean that those thought patterns are an awesome part of you who you are.... we just need to make them work for you rather than against you! I can help you with that :)
I wholeheartedly welcome anyone from the LGBTQI+ community and aim to provide a gender-affirming environment.
Successful therapy can be achieved in a way that suits your needs. I can provide short term, solution focused counselling, or if you prefer, I can provide medium or long term psychotherapeutic support and/or neurodivergent coaching.
Client feedback can be found on my website if you would like to know more about how people have experienced therapy with me: https://lucygordoncounselling.co.uk/reviews/
I will feel honored to be a part of your journey and will listen to your problems in a completely non-judgemental way, helping you to talk about whatever may be troubling you, and providing insight to help you gain self acceptance & self-confidence and make positive change.
Feel free to text or email to ask about an appointment, or simply book in using the 'book an appointment' section on my website; https://lucygordoncounselling.co.uk/book-an-appointment/
Training, qualifications & experience
Formal Qualifications:
Level 6 Certificate in Therapeutic Counselling Supervision CPCAB
Systemic Family Therapy PG Cert
Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (level 5) CPCAB accredited
Diploma in Person Centered Therapeutic Counselling CPCAB accredited
Cognitive Behavioral Theory AQA
OCST Certificate in Online Therapy
Counselling Studies CPCAB
Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Autism
BA Hons Art & Design with Education Studies
Other Relevant Training:
Personal research and reading in the field of neurodivergence.
Living and Working with Neurodivergence
Working with Relational Trauma - dealing with Disorganised Attachment
Queering Therapy Spaces and Working with Gender Diverse Clients
Child Sexual Abuse: hope for healing
Dealing with Distress: working with suicide and self harm
Working with shame
Working with Personality Disorder
Working with Grief and Loss
Transactional Analysis 101
Sexual Issues & Counselling
Psychopharmacology
Cultural identity in Counselling & Psychotherapy
Compassion Focused Therapy
Mindfulness
Schema Focused Therapy
STORM suicidal risk assessment
Psychopathology and DSM
Assessment in counselling & Psychotherapy
Brief Interventions in Substance Misuse
Understanding Trauma
previous employment:
Plymouth Options NHS Depression and Anxiety Service (IAPT)
Wellbeing Service - Educational Setting (young people)
Xzenzone- Community Healthcare Setting (young people)
Health Assured EAP
Pam Assist EAP
Current Role:
Lucy Gordon Counselling - Independent Psychotherapeutic Counsellor
Other Information:
I am a fully insured and accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and on the professional standards accredited register.
I have a special interest in providing long term support to people impacted by neurodivergence and have personal lived experience with this.
You will find that I work with you to ensure you get the most out of your time with me. With firm foundations in Person Centered Counselling, I work pluralistically most commonly adding elements from;
Psych-ed, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Solution Focused Therapy, Psych-education, Transactional Analysis (TA)
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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
When working with neurodivergent individuals, I recognise that traditional counseling methods need to be adapted to include some more pragmatic help, support and advise which results in a therapeutic coaching hybrid.
generally, I work using the pluralistic approach which recognises that there are many reasons why we seek therapy and many different ways to help a problem. Taking this into account increases the potential to make positive and welcome change.
I keep the foundations of my therapeutic work within the Person Centred approach and I am by nature a very analytical thinker. These elements combine and naturally influence the way I work.
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Fees
£55.00 - £70.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
- Counselling appointment with me:
- Daytime £65
- Evening £70
- Supervision appointment with me; 1hr - £70, 1.5hr £90
- Lower fee appointment with my Neurodivergent Specialist Associate Counsellors: - Jackie: £55 (day) £60 (eve) Laura: £50
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