About me
Hi! I’m Lucy, welcome to my profile page.
Taking the step to explore therapy requires immense courage. I hold a deep belief in your innate capacity to build the self-awareness needed to make positive, lasting changes. Together, we can work toward a life of genuine acceptance, fulfilment, balance and joy.
My Approach:
As a BACP Accredited Integrative counsellor, I draw on a person-centred foundation. This means you are always at the heart of our work. I provide a genuinely safe, confidential space for you to discover your authentic self. Together, we will gently explore where and how you are experiencing internal conflict, untangle old coping mechanisms, and understand your patterns of behaviour.
Successful therapy is entirely built on the strength of our relationship. Honesty, warmth, trust, humour, non-judgment, and total confidentiality are integral to my work ethic. I meet you exactly where you are on your journey, helping you to enable successful, lifelong positivity from within.
A Flexible Framework Built Around You:
Because every lived experience is entirely unique, my approach is highly flexible. I tailor my sessions to suit your exact needs and pacing.
Deep, Long-Term Exploration: space to process complex grief, trauma and deep-seated patterns.
Time-Limited, Focused Therapy:
Practical motivational, and solution-focused support to undo poor lifestyle habits and navigate immediate stressors.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am an Accredited member of the BACP and work strictly within their ethical boundaries. My practice is grounded in formal academic qualifications combined with over 20 years of dedicated professional experience supporting individuals and couples through complex life challenges.
Qualifications
BA (Hons) - Honours Degree
Level 4 Diploma in Counselling Practice
Clinical Experience and Settings:
With a diverse 20 year history across educational, pastoral and clinical environments, I offer a deeply well-rounded approach tailored to:
Private Practice: Providing dedicated therapeutic support to adults, teenagers and couples
Schools and Higher Education: Two decades of extensive pastoral work supporting younger people and adults within educational settings
Charities and Specialised Care: Working actively alongside a South West based eating disorder charity
Corporate and EAP Sector: Delivering focused therapeutic interventions within Employee Assistance Programmes.
Areas of Specific Experience and Expertise:
I offer comprehensive, non-judgmental support for a wide range of presentation areas including (but not limited to):
Neurodiversity and Specialised Care - ADHD, Autistic Spectrum Disorders and dedicated training in eating disorders.
Relationship and Family Dynamics - Couples therapy, parenting issues, relationship difficulties (within families, partnerships, friendships), workplace conflict, sexual issues and sexuality
Mood and Emotional Regulation: Anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, identity struggles and emotional regulation.
Complex Trauma and Crisis Support - Abuse, grief, bereavement, self-harm, suicide and suicidal ideation.
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 - £70.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
OCTOBER OFFER FOR SHORT-TERM, SOLUTION FOCUSED THERAPY :
6 SESSIONS FOR £35 per 45min. session if taken Mon-Fri. between 0900-1600
When I work
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Further information
I work in person and online on a range of platforms to suit client needs (within the context and boundaries of our client/counsellor agreement). I can offer daytime or evening or weekend sessions.
