About me

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Hi, I’m Lucy!

Integrative* NCPS-accredited Psychotherapist and Counsellor.

Specialist Mental Health Mentor and Wellbeing Practitioner at Sheffield Hallam University.

Death Café Facilitator and qualified Mountain Leader.

“ Lucy offers a calm gentle presence, alongside enthusiastic vitality. She comes alongside authentically and thoughtfully ”

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*Integrative Counsellors combine several counselling approaches, instead of the in-depth use of one.

My background & experience

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Before training as a psychotherapist, I worked as a mental health and wellbeing coach; empowering groups and individuals to make lifestyle changes and enabling peer support and community connections.

I have worked with people from all walks of life - young people (as a youth group leader), asylum seekers (as a British Red Cross Emergency Response Officer), and terminally ill people (as a domiciliary carer and Death Café facilitator).

I have worked for over 5 years with adults who identify as neurodivergent or with different ways of thinking - including in NHS diagnostic services - and am now trained as a DSA specialist mental health mentor.

I have worked as a counsellor for several specialist abuse counselling services, including Sheffield Mind’s Safe Space service and Rotherham Abuse Counselling Service.

I have delivered training for clients, volunteers and professionals in managing depression and anxiety; suicide awareness; safeguarding and mental health.

And I’m a qualified Run Leader (UK Athletics) and Mountain Leader (Mountain Training), in the process of training as an Outdoor Therapist.

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My experience & training equip me particularly in working with:

  • Neurodivergent adults (diagnosed or not)

  • Students and young adults

  • Life transitions and direction

  • Managing energy levels, work-life balance and burnout

  • Communication skills and relationships

  • Physical wellbeing

  • Self-awareness and esteem

  • Anxiety and low mood

Client Reviews

“This is the first time I’ve been able to fully open up. You get all of me. Nothing is hidden.”

Previous client

“Our sessions have been very important in becoming more accepting of myself. The relationship made me comfortable to talk about anything. This is a new chapter for me.”

Previous client

“You adapted the structure to what was good for me, which meant I persisted with the sessions, unlike with my other therapists. You've made sure the service meets my needs.”

Previous client

My qualifications & training:

  • 2024 Professional Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, Academy SPACE, Sheffield

  • 2021 PCI-accredited Health Coaching, Peak Health Coaching

  • 2026 Autism and ADHD (in higher education), Optimum, SAANS, Voluntary Action Sheffield

  • 2026 Venture Trust Training in Outdoor Therapy

  • 2026 Solution-focussed therapy skills, Solution Focus Sheffield

  • 2022 Mental Health First Aider, MHFA England

  • 2025 Safeguarding, Sheffield Children Safeguarding Partnership (SCSP), High Speed Training

  • 2025 Trauma-informed practice, BSARCS, Carolyn Spring, Counselling Tutor, IDAS, SCSP, Hallam Uni, Rothacs

  • 2025 Nonviolent Communication, Woodbrooke Centre

  • 2024 Navigating End of Life, Grief and Loss, Sheffield Mind, Compassionate Sheffield

  • 2024 Suicide awareness, Carolyn Spring, Samaritans

  • 2023 Mountain Leader, Mountain Training

  • 2022 Run Leader, England Athletics

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I always aim to reply within a few days, but please bear with me if it takes longer.

If you need urgent help, please call NHS 111 or contact the Samaritans call 116 123 or text ‘Shout’ to 85258.