About me
You’re probably coming to therapy wanting to change something. You might be in a great deal of pain or suffering. I remember a time in my life like that, and I didn’t know if therapy could help. A good friend encouraged me to find a counsellor, and although it was sometimes a difficult experience, my counsellor helped me find hope and self-belief. I’m Luke, and if you work with me I can help you find some hope, and a fuller, more expansive life.
As a Humanistic therapist my aim is to help you embrace all aspects of your experience, the dark and the light, and to realise that you’re not broken or defective, even if it feels that way at the moment. I can help you find self-confidence, and find trust in yourself. Trust that it is OK to be authentically you, in the fullest sense.
We all twist ourselves out of shape slightly in order to fit into the world, and to get on with other people. Sometimes we twist so much it hurts, and we learn to carry that pain, often for many years. Through our sessions I can help you explore how you’ve twisted yourself in the past, and the possibility of readjusting yourself.
I’ve been working with clients since 2017, and work with individual adults (18+). I’ll work with you for as long or as short a time as necessary. I offer you a space where all aspects of yourself are welcome. I will rarely offer direct advice, because you know you better than I ever will. The pain we carry from twisting ourselves out of shape was formed in relationship with others. As a therapist I am an expert in building an effective relationship where that same pain can be really seen, held, and accepted. A space where you can learn to truly accept yourself, as you are, and find a new way forward.
Don’t suffer in silence, reach out and see how I can help.
Training, qualifications & experience
I'm a registered member of the BACP (British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists). I hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counselling from the University of Brighton. I also have an undergraduate degree in Psychology and a postgraduate degree in Substance Misuse.
Further training courses I’ve completed include: anxiety, LGBTQ awareness, examining whiteness and racism, trauma, working online, managing suicide, and working with dreams.
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
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Additional information
I charge £60 for a 50-minute session, either online or face-to-face. I'm currently unable to offer discounted rates.
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Further information
As a Humanistic therapist I can help you accept all aspects of yourself, the dark and the light. I can help you see that you are already OK as you are, even if it doesn't feel like that at the moment.
I do not diagnose, although I do work with existing diagnoses if you have them, with a focus on your relationship to that diagnosis. I don't usually give direct advice, but instead help you find your own path.
I've found the best way to cope with painful feelings is to learn to listen to them, not to manage them or push them away. I can help you do that through exploring your unique experience, your history and relationship to these feelings, if there are other feelings underneath (e.g. rage, sadness or grief), and how to move forward.
I work online and in person in Hove and Worthing. Feel free to email me if you have any questions.
