Lucy Allen


Empathy  · Bravery  · Kindness

I am an integrative counsellor, working with a core Person Centered model supported with mindfulness based experiential therapy and psychodynamic interventions. 

I believe my client is the expert in our work and together we explore difficult feelings and journey through painful experiences whilst building our self compassion and coping strategies. 

I am a deeply empathic person with a genuine desire to relieve others of their emotional distress. I have travelled extensively and combine teachings from many different cultures with my counselling work to enrich our experience of life on earth.  I have found the eastern teachings around meditation and healing greatly valuable in my own self-development journey and, when appropriate, these can enhance my counselling work.

As a counsellor, I am passionate about helping people to recognise their potential as they create new value for themselves.

The humanistic approach, underpinned by empathy, congruence and warmth are at the root of my practice at Lifetime.

I have 7 years' counselling experience and I have worked in the UK and also volunteered in mental health support in a hospital in Malawi in 2019. I am experienced in working with adults with various concerns around: grief & bereavement, relationships, fertility, intimacy, sexual assault, low self esteem, social anxiety, eating disorders, disability, health anxiety, depression, anxiety and discrimination. 

I am currently expanding my training in Mindfulness Based Experiential Therapy and Therapy for Children. 

I work online, on the phone and offer face to face appointments in London.

Travelling and learning about people and cultures around the world. I'm totally in love with nature, watching it change, sprout, grown and change is amazing. I am happiest swimming outdoors, under the sky. 

Qualifications · Registered Member of the BACP
CPCAB : L6 Mindfulness Experiential Therapy - (complete June 2021); L4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling; L3 - Counselling Studies ; L2 - Counselling Skills; L1 - Introduction to Counselling: L3 Sound Bowl Practitioner Training - Sound Therapy: L2 Reiki Ryoho - Energy Therapy