About me
Welcome to my profile. I'm Lucy Williams, an Integrative Counsellor working online and in person in Manchester. With a background in primary education, I bring patience, curiosity and creativity to my therapeutic work with adults. My training and experience has helped many clients navigate and overcome challenges such as; anxiety, depression, work-related stress, trauma, burnout, relationship difficulties, chronic/terminal illness (including cancer), health anxiety and grief. I am also passionate about exploring the bigger questions about what makes us human and how to live with and embrace joy and self-compassion in a demanding world.
Working primarily in a person-centred way with empathy, compassion and acceptance. I am here to listen to you in a non-judgemental, honest and respectful space, a space in which you can be heard and understood. With training in trauma, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and creative techniques, I can offer options of integrating different strategies into counselling sessions to give you practical support alongside space to talk.
We don’t need to be falling apart to look for a supportive space to explore our thoughts, feelings and stories. As human beings, we all want to live purposeful and fulfilling lives and this is unique to each individual. Focusing on collaboration, choice and feedback, we work towards building an open, compassionate and hopeful relationship. A relationship where it feels safe to feel whatever comes up, tackle big questions or take small practical steps towards peace and confidence. I strive to create a space in which the range and diversity of human experience and identity is appreciated, accommodated and celebrated.
Whether you need support with a specific issue or you're not quite sure what feels wrong, I can help. I am able to offer online and in person sessions throughout the day and evenings Monday to Friday. Take that first step by booking a free consultation phone call or send me an email to get a sense of how I work and what I may be able to offer you.
Training, qualifications & experience
After 4 years of training, I graduated with a BSc degree in Counselling Skills and Therapeutic Communication. My training and experience is wide and varied and includes but is not limited to:
- Grief, bereavement and loss - this can include death and non-death losses such as divorce or relationship break up, redundancy or estrangement.
- Identity and confidence - including challenges faced due to ageing, body confidence/weight, self-esteem, becoming a parent or trauma.
- General anxiety and depression
- Health issues and challenges - including cancer, long-term health conditions, terminal illness, chronic pain, death and health anxiety/OCD.
- Burnout - including long-term sickness, feelings of exhaustion, loss of motivation and compassion fatigue (particularly in the education/academia professions)
- Parenting - including estrangement or difficult relationships (with children or parents), anger/frustration, the pressures and expectations of parenting and loss of identity.
- Neurodivergence - support during the diagnosis journey, understanding feelings around a diagnosis, strategies for managing and understanding your experience.
My ongoing training and qualifications include:
- BSc Degree (first) in Counselling and Therapeutic Communication 2025
- Foundation Degree (distinction) in Integrative Counselling 2024
- Pre-Trial Therapy 2026
- Childhood Sexual Abuse training 2025
- Neurodiversity 2025
- Embodying Equity: Principles of Disability Inclusion 2025
- Single-Session Therapy training 2024
- End of Life Therapy Diploma (distinction) 2024
- Mindfulness Training 2024
- Creativity as a Therapeutic Technique 2024
- Working with the Inner Child 2023
- BACP Counselling Online Counselling Training 2023
- Trauma and the Body 2021
- Working with Trauma 2020
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
Work-related stress/burnout (particularly in the education professions)
Death anxiety
Meaning and Purpose (existentialism)
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I am available for online sessions or in person at Roots Therapy Space in Sale (M33). Consultations and appointments can often be booked within 48 hours.
Ongoing therapy sessions are £55 per hour.
Single-Session Therapy is £55 per hour (with optional follow-up phone call)
I am open to a discussion about personal circumstances and am able to offer a reduced rate, although these session places are limited. I offer a block booking discount of 6 sessions for £300 (£50) per session.
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