About me

I am Lucy: Therapeutic Coach, Wild Walking Therapist, Holistic Psychotherapist, Coach to Highly Sensitive Humans, Shamanic Apprentice, Autistic, Hyperactive and Highly Sensitive Human.

I have always been a very energetic and insatiably curious person. From a very young age I would challenge and question everything, and some of my earliest memories are of a deep existential nature. My childhood was spent largely outdoors active in the natural world; exploring by foot and by horseback. I found sanctuary and healing with horses that embodied for me acceptance, sensitivity, freedom, grace and courage. Growing up I never liked small talk, and was fascinated by perception, meaning, semantics & consciousness. I felt everything and I could somehow sense what others were feeling which only fed my curiosity for truth and meaning. Socially I was awkward, never quite knowing what to say or when to say things. Studying psychology & psychotherapy gave me a direct insight into all the things I found curious and confusing. Today I create safe spaces for others to be seen, to be heard, to heal, to learn and to lead from their authentic self.

Ways of Working

I provide Neuro-kinship, Coaching and Psychotherapy for others to reflect and process, to understand what’s happened and to actualise changes they would like to make. My approach is less clinical and more existential which means I focus away from psychopathological, deficit-based perspectives, to a more affirmative and strength-based approach.

As a dual practitioner (Coach & Psychotherapist), I interweave psychotherapeutic practice with psychological and trauma informed education; heart based embodied coaching; the intersection of spirituality, somatic practices and consciousness; and I share stories of my lived experience which I hope brings a sense of kinship and ‘tribal connectivity’ to my practice.

I draw on different therapeutic perspectives but am deeply rooted in humanistic and shamanic values. Through my authentic and unmasked expression I hope to offer warmth, humanity and wisdom to enhance my clients general wellbeing, connectivity and conscious evolution.

Before taking a career break to raise and educate my children, I spent 8 years as a senior executive in the corporate sector. I continue to support sensitive, senior leaders in workplace environments with therapeutic coaching and conscious leadership, through my private practice and as an Associate for the Therapeutic Coaching Consultancy.

• Person Centred relational Counselling & Psychotherapy
• Attachment Theory & Child Psychology
• Mindfulness-based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (MBCT)
• Psychodynamic + Jungian theory + practices
• Compassion meditation for emotional regulation
• Guided journey meditation for intuitive insight
• Trauma informed Polyvagal Theory 
• Menstrual Health Awareness
• Embodied somatic focusing (restorative yoga and yin yoga practice – informed)
• Animism & Shamanic journey practice
• Intuitive heart-based coaching techniques
• Creative practices using Intuitive Spirit Animal, Archetype and Inner Active cards
• Neuroinclusive: Autism, ADHD and Highly Sensitive People (HSP)

The Types of Issues I Support Neurodivergent Clients With 

• Autism in women and girls
• Challenging life changing events
• Energy accountancy
• Extreme independence
• Interoception & Somatic education: emotional processing, attunment and presence
• Family & Relationships; Neurodivergent relationships; divorce/separation; blended families; single parenting
• Identity: Exploring neurodivergence; Gender; Sexuality
• Managing Monotropism
• Menstrual Health Awareness and Attunement
• Nature connection and Animism
• Personal boundaries
• Rejection & self abandonment
• Sensory overwhelm and burnout
• Spiritual and conscious awakening
• Understanding & processing trauma through the lens of Shamanic practice: Ancestral lineage & embodied spirit animal parts work
• Work based environmental challenges & advocacy

Qualifications

Diploma in Coaching Highly Sensitive Humans (Highly Sensitive Human Academy™ – currently studying)

4 Year Shamanic Practitioner Apprenticeship (Rewilding the Soul™ – Currently studying)

Certificate in Animism & Shamanic Journey practice (Rewilding the Soul)

Certificate Transactional Analysis Ego States TA101 (Jenny Hartill)

Level 3 Certificate in Understanding Autism & Co-occuring Neurodivergent conditions (Leicester College) 

Certificate in Experiential Psychodynamic therapy with Embodied + Creative practices (Bedford Centre for Therapeutic Studies)

Level 5 IAPC&M Coaching Diploma in Transformation & Heart based/Meditation practices (Dr Liz Sparkes)

Certificate in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (Oxford University)

Essentials of CBT: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Beck Institute)

FdSc Degree in Person Centred Counselling & Psychotherapy (Warwickshire College University Centre)

Level 2 Counselling Skills (Warwick University)

Level 4 Investigating Psychology (Open University)

Level 4 Childhood Studies and Child Psychology (Open University)

Integrating Coaching into Counselling practice (BACP)

Additional CPD Specific to Neurodiversity

• Transcendental Meditation Practice training (Maharishi Foundation).
• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Approach for Clients on the Autism Spectrum (Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute)
• Working with Neurodivergent Couples (Aspire Autism Consultancy)
• Mastering the Treatment of Trauma: Advanced Approaches to the Underlying Causes and Conditions That Block Healing  (NICAMB).
• Working with Transgender (OnlineEvents)
• Unmasking ADHD: Addressing Impasses, the Natural Child (OnlineEvents)
• Neurodivergence and Trauma: How Being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) is Similar and Different (OnlineEvents)
• Moon Study: Moon phases, cycles, and energies for manifestation + healing (Dr Liz Sparkes)
• Advanced Master Program on the Treatment of Trauma –Polyvagal Theory; Sensorimotor Somatic Psychotherapy; & Internal Family Systems (IFS). (NICAMB) 
• Autism and Neurodiversity: An insiders perspective on what to know & how to support us (Existential Academy)