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. IFS is a transformative tool that conceives of every human being as a system of protective and wounded inner parts led by a core Self.
The Body Keeps the Score author, Dr Bessel van der Kolk, hails IFS Therapy as: ‘The treatment method that all clinicians should know to treat clients effectively.’
Together, we can explore your complex inner system and journey toward more health and happiness.
Sessions help you better understand your inner world, heal from painful life events, reduce stress and anxiety, and boost mood and energy levels.
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 Level 2-trained Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapist and an experienced Meditation, Breathwork, and Yoga Teacher since 2010.
My approach
My approach respects and validates our physical experiences and sensations alongside our many thoughts, internal parts, learned behaviours, and changing emotions.
I share calming techniques such as breathing practices, meditation, or body scans, helping you stay in the present moment as you explore your past and look towards 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.
Grief may be in your body as you grapple with the pain of a bereavement. There may be past traumas that continue to haunt you and wounds that are not yet healed. Equally, you may be facing the everyday challenges and complexity of neurodiversity.
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 learn more, get in touch, and together we can explore your inner world and discover your unique path to recovery.
You can book a free 15-minute discovery call to get started and see where this new path takes you.
I work both in person in my private therapy room in Tunbridge Wells and online via Zoom.
Client Reviews:
"Lucy has a rare way of guiding you—gently, thoughtfully, and with real depth. She creates a space where you feel safe enough to explore the parts of yourself you might usually avoid. Through Internal Family Systems, she helps you connect with the different parts of you with compassion and curiosity. With her support, you can feel and release emotions from the past without getting caught in the story, which feels incredibly freeing and light. There is something powerful in how she works: bringing clarity where there was confusion, calm where there was overwhelm, and a deeper connection back to yourself. She holds space with a quiet, poetic presence—gently supporting you through the process of becoming, where old emotions can soften and release without judgment. She is, without question, one of the most amazing people I have ever met: a fountain of wisdom, endlessly creative, deeply kind, and profoundly supportive. Working with Lucy feels like being guided home to yourself—with a sense of freedom you didn’t know was possible." Embark Client 2026
"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. I integrate counselling with coaching to support you in all aspects of your journey through life —past, present, and future.
I specialise in working through an Internal Family Systems (IFS) Lens, and am trained to level 2.
Modalities integrated:
- Person Centred
- Internal Family Systems Therapy
- ACT Therapy
- GROW Coaching
- Dexter & Dexter Coaching
Qualifications and training:
- 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 (2010)
- 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
- Neurological differences
- Creative Counselling
Therapies offered
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Fees
£75.00 per session
Additional information
All sessions are 60 minutes long—my private therapy room is based in Tunbridge Wells as part of the Flow Tunbridge Wells Yoga Studio and Wellbeing Centre. Online sessions can also be arranged via Zoom.
All sessions are £75 and can be paid for weekly or in sets of sessions.
Payment can be made in various ways, such as Apple Pay, Debit Card or Bank Transfer. Just so you know – 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 whenever you have time to discuss your therapeutic needs and goals. This can be booked through this directory or 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 more information or to read my current blogs, including more about IFS Therapy.
I look forward to meeting you.
Lucy
