About me
Why start therapy?
Life can feel overwhelming, and therapy is there to offer a light of clarity and calm in an often hectic and muddled world. I offer a space where you'll be fully seen and heard without judgment or criticism. I provide a fully integrated approach to psychotherapy and counselling, holistically supporting your journey towards health, healing, and change.
Every journey of self-discovery begins with a simple step. However daunting that first step may seem, I will support and guide you from start to finish, allowing you an enhanced sense of wholeness.
How I work
I specialise in Internal Family Systems (IFS), offering you a way to understand yourself with compassion, creativity, and courage. Sessions help you better understand your inner world, heal from painful life events, reduce stress and anxiety, and boost mood and energy levels. Together, we can explore your complex inner system and journey toward more health and happiness.
Who I am
I am a qualified Counsellor, Psychotherapist, and Coach, trained to Level 7 through the University of East London. I am also a qualified Internal Family Systems Therapist and an experienced Meditation, Breathwork, and Yoga Teacher. I am also a wife, mother, sister, and friend, living in the real world and experiencing life in all its myriad highs and lows.
My approach
My approach respects and validates our physical experiences and sensations alongside our many thoughts, internal parts, learnt behaviours, and changing emotions. I share calming techniques such as breathing work, meditation, or body scans, helping you stay in the present moment as you explore your past and look to your future.
About you
Perhaps you’re feeling stuck, lost or broken. You might be experiencing stress, anxiety, grief, depression or a sense of confusion mingled with critical thinking and extreme behaviour. You may be facing the challenges of neurodiversity or in the throes of a bereavement. There are many reasons why working together can help you to see clearly and find more calm and joy in your life.
Free discovery call
If you're curious to find out more, get in touch, and together, we can explore your inner world and discover your unique path to recovery. Book a free discovery call to get started and see where this new path takes.
I work both in person and online.
Client Reviews:
"I’ve visited various therapists over the years, costing thousands of pounds, and with very limited results. Being someone with an active imagination (rather than being academic), I immediately took to Lucy’s IFS sessions from day one. Coming out of the first session was like I’d just woken up and seen something clear and simple, yet profound, for the very first time. It was genuinely a WOW moment. Lucy is excellent at talking you through the IFS experience, what it does and how it can help you. Or rather, how you can help yourself. It was the first time in my 60-plus years I knew something was going to change, and it did. Lucy is a genuinely warm, kind and lovely person who also happens to be a superb psychotherapist." Embark Client 2025
"I can’t recommend Lucy enough. From our very first session, she made me feel safe and comfortable as if I could really open up without judgment. What stood out to me most was how insightful she is, she doesn’t just listen to what you’re saying but picks up on things you didn’t even realise you were feeling or thinking. She’s incredibly professional but also compassionate. It’s a balance that makes you feel completely heard and understood while still being gently guided to see things in a new way. Her warmth and care always came through, and I knew I was in good hands every session. Thanks to Lucy, I’ve gained so much clarity and confidence. She’s given me tools that I know I’ll carry with me for a long time. If you’re looking for someone who genuinely cares and can help you grow, I can’t imagine a better therapist than her." Embark Client 2024
Specialisms:
While therapy is beneficial for all I have some areas of specialism.
- Bereavement Therapy
- Grief
- PTSD
- Chronic pain
- Anxiety
- End of life
- Trauma
- Stress
- Depression
- Living with cancer
- Creative Counselling
- Working with 'Parts' and validating 'Self' through the lens of IFS.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have been working privately with clients as a yoga, breath-work and meditation teacher since 2010, incorporating psychotherapy, counselling and coaching work since 2022.
Working therapeutically with hundreds of clients has taught me one key thing: “We are all ultimately searching for health, to feel truly whole.”
I have gained a level 7 Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Coaching from the University of East London. This unique, pioneering course takes a fully integrated 360-degree view of every person, seamlessly and progressively exploring their past, present, and future dynamics within the therapy space. We integrate counselling and coaching to support you in all aspects of your journey through life, past, present, and future.
Modalities integrated:
- Person Centred
- Psychodynamic
- Transactional analysis
- IFS
- Gestalt
- CBT
- ACT
- GROW
- Dexter & Dexter
Qualifications and training:
- Enrolled - Level 2 Training in IFS Therapy through IFS UK (2025)
- Level 1 Training in IFS Therapy through IFS UK (2024)
- Post Graduate Diploma (Level 7) in Integrative Counselling and Coaching, University of East London (2023)
- Bereavement Counsellor, St Raphael’s Hospice, London (2022 - 2023)
- Meditation Teacher Training, Alexander Filmer-Lorch (2016 & 2017)
- Yoga Teacher Training, Yoga Campus London (2011)
- Many varied CPD training courses
- CPD Workshop in IFS
- CPD Workshop in Sandtray therapy
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
Specialisms:
I see you as a whole human, listening to your body language as well as your words to increase your awareness of the holistic value of yourself as an integrated unit. Your body holds wounds from your past that sometimes are hard to articulate in words. My approach is fully integrated, using the wisdom of yogic practice with contemporary psychological approaches, revealing your complex inner world.
Whilst therapy is beneficial for all aspects of the human condition, I have some areas of special interest, experience and training. These include:
- Bereavement Therapy
- Grief
- PTSD
- Chronic Pain
- Anxiety
- End of life
- Trauma
- Stress
- Depression
- Cancer Treatment
- Creative Counselling
Therapies offered
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Fees
£70.00 per session
Additional information
All sessions are a full hour, 60 minutes long. You can visit my beautiful, calming, comfortable therapy rooms at Tunbridge Wells or Groombridge. Online sessions can also be arranged via Zoom.
All sessions are £70 and can be paid for weekly or in sets of sessions.
Payment can be made in various ways from Apple Pay, Debit Card or Bank Transfer. Receipts are emailed directly to you if needed.
When I work
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I can be flexible with my diary to find a time that is convenient for you and your therapeutic journey. Please get in touch, and we can discuss a time that is mutually convenient.
Further information
I offer a FREE 15-minute discovery call at your convenience to discuss your therapeutic needs and aims. This can be booked through my website. After this call, we can meet for a first introductory session before we agree on the best next step for your therapeutic journey.
Please visit my website for further information or to read current blogs including more information about IFS Therapy and my Top 10 Counselling Myth Busters for advice on how to choose your new counsellor - https://embarkcounselling.co.uk/counsellingblog/counsellingtipstunbridgewells.
