Lucy Bradshaw

I am currently taking on new clients. I offer flexible hours throughout the week. I also have some evening availability. 

Face-to-face counselling and equine facilitated counselling can only be provided during daylight hours. 

I provide counselling and equine facilitated counselling. Equine facilitated counselling combines counselling with interactions with horses to help people tackle challenges in their lives. 

In both settings, I am dedicated to creating a safe environment to support you through your challenges. I support people struggling with a wide range of obstacles, including anxiety, depression and grief. I also see clients who come to counselling for a space to check in with themselves and maintain their mental health. Whatever you choose to bring to your sessions, I offer an empathic and consistent presence to accompany you through you counselling journey.

I approach my role with the philosophy that each person is unique. I believe each of us has our own challenges in life, which are incomparable and equally valid. I see your needs as individual and recognise your story is unique. This also means I see each client I work with as a person rather than a presenting problem. My philosophy led me to train as an integrative counsellor which allows me to utilise different theories and techniques to adapt my approach to meet your individual needs. 

I work with adults with a wide range of presenting problems, including anxiety, depression and grief. I also work with clients who come to counselling to have a space to check in with themselves and maintain their mental health.

As a Humanistic Integrative Counsellor, I combine multiple approaches to counselling. This means I have flexibility to work adaptively with what you bring to your counselling. However, the Person-Centred Approach underpins everything I do as it advocates a genuine, accepting environment. Other fundamental characteristics of my approach are creativity and a sense of humour. My creative style aims to work with how you are comfortable expressing yourself, which for some people might involve using drawing or metaphor. 

In Equine Facilitated Counselling, I combine my counselling approach with techniques and skills learnt in my Equine Facilitated Learning (EFL) training. Equine facilitated learning is a horse-assisted approach to helping you achieve your personal growth and development goals. It uses a mixture of talking and practical exercises with horses. The talking side of EFL is very similar to counselling, although often more structured. Combing these two approaches allows me to help you process your experiences during EFL exercises in more depth. We can also take programs at a slower pace, spending sessions talking in the room and working in an open-ended manner where required.

I offer a free initial zoom call. This provides a space for us to meet, discuss my therapeutic approach, practicalities and answer any questions you might have for me. 

First sessions focus on questions such as what brought you to therapy, your expectations for our sessions. During this session I will also spend time learning about your background, including your family tree and childhood experiences.