Lucy Newholm

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Diploma in Counselling (MBACP)
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

London SE23 & SE1
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

Thank you for looking at my profile. I aim to offer a friendly, welcoming and non-judgmental space where you can begin to talk through and explore your thoughts and feelings. 

Therapy can help to make sense of things and move towards change. It is an opportunity to get to know and understand yourself better, recognise patterns of behaviour or thoughts that may have become unhelpful and try out different ways of doing things. I will support you to gain a better understanding of how past experiences or concerns about the future may be negatively affecting you in the present.

I have experience working with a range of issues related to anxiety, low self-esteem, worth or confidence, low mood, and difficulties in relationships with partners, friends, colleagues and family.

I am particularly interested in supporting people to alleviate the difficult feelings and suffering brought on by negative self-talk or stubborn inner critics. I work with people to become more aware of these parts; to understand what drives them and where come from; to notice how the way we talk to ourselves affects our feelings, and to foster a more compassionate inner voice that can be motivating without being punishing.

If you are interested and feel comfortable with it, I can introduce grounding and breathing exercises into sessions, which can help to reduce symptoms of anxiety, ruminating thoughts, overwhelm and other difficult feelings.

Additionally it can sometimes be helpful to take a pause from talking and use other creative ways of exploring what is happening for you, like drawing or working with imagery. Let me know if you are interested in working in this way and I can introduce it into our sessions. 

I can offer long or short term therapy depending on individual needs.

If you are interested in booking an initial session, please get in touch via phone or email so that we can arrange an initial meeting. It is an opportunity for you to ask any questions, discuss what you would like to gain through therapy and decide if I am the right counsellor for you.

Training, qualifications & experience

  • Diploma in Counselling, Gestalt Centre
  • Certificate in Humanistic and Psychodynamic counselling
  • Certificate in counselling skills: person centred
  • Samaritans Listener
  • Art workshop facilitator for people dealing with mental health issues.
  • Costume Designer for Theatre in prison and Community Theatre.

I am a Registered member of the BACP (British Association of Counsellors and  Psychotherapy).

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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.

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Fees

£60.00 per session
Free initial online session

Additional information

I offer a free 30 minute online introductory session or in person for £15 (this is to cover the cost of the room at the centre).

Subsequent sessions £55 per 50 minute session.

I am able to offer some concessions. Please contact me discuss. 

When I work

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Further information

I believe that the relationship between the client and therapist is really important. Therefore I offer a 30 minute introduction session. This is an opportunity for you to ask any questions that you have, and for me to find out a bit more about you and what you are looking for from counselling. Then we can decide together whether I am the right counselllor for you at the moment.

Introductory sessions are free online via Zoom, or if you prefer to meet together in person I charge £15 for the cost of the room.

I offer sessions online or in person in Honor Oak or London Bridge.

Type of session

In person
Online

Types of client

Adults
Older Adults

Online platforms

Zoom