Lucy Addyman

I work with adults and couples of all ages, supporting a wide range of needs. As a psychodynamic, integrative psychotherapist and counsellor, I take a boundaried, relational approach. Together, we can reflect on how past experiences, particularly those from younger years, may shape current difficulties. Placing these challenges in the context of a person’s life experiences can also help us identify emotional regulation techniques when needed.

Community care is important to me. Alongside my private practice, I work for the NHS and a bereavement service, where I have supported people facing complex issues following major life changes, including starting university, retirement, bereavement, and other significant events. I offer sessions in my therapy room in Brighton, online, or through walking and talking therapy in a private countryside setting near Lewes. Moving and talking, rather than sitting in a therapy chair, can help bring deeper insight into the issues you’re facing, supported by the peace, beauty, and privacy of this unique setting. I work with neurodivergent and gender-diverse people, exploring how to move beyond labels and assumptions and make sense of individual experiences. My practice is guided by an anti-oppressive lens, both inside and outside the therapy room.

Drawing on my own diverse life experiences, I can offer clarity around a range of challenges, including adoption, separation and divorce, complex trauma, bereavement, anxiety, depression, relationships, and ADHD-related issues.

I work relationally, so we’ll talk together about what has brought you to therapy and why now. Therapy is a process in which we work towards your goals together. To begin, we’ll build a picture of the situation and create a sense of calm, giving us space to explore whatever may feel overwhelming.

The first session may seem like I am asking a lot of questions.  I will have sent a simple form to fill online before the initial session but I also offer a free 15 minute phone call before we agree to the therapy.