Lucy is highly qualified, with extensive post-doctoral training in evidence-based psychotherapies including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Mentalisation-Based Therapy (MBT), and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). She draws on years of clinical practice within Behavioural Couples Therapy, The Gottman Method and Systemic Family Therapy frameworks when working with relationship difficulties. In 2024, Lucy completed a Coaching for Psychologists training in order to better serve those seeking to identify and achieve specific goals, leverage strengths, and take action pertaining to personal growth and development.

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Lucy gained an honours degree in Experimental Psychology (BSc Hons) from the University of Sussex and completed her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy) at The Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology. She worked for over a decade within the National and Specialist Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services, including N&S CAMHS Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Service at The Maudsley Hospital and N&S CAMHS Paediatric Liaison at King’s College Hospital (KCH). During her years at KCH, Lucy took up the role of Lead Psychologist working across paediatric liaison and a number of children’s units and services within the Variety Children’s Hospital at King’s. In 2007, alongside her career in the NHS, Lucy founded her own private practice, Vital Headspace Clinical Psychology. Within this practice she provides psychological therapy, coaching and specialist preoperative psychological evaluations and ADHD diagnostic assessments for adults. Through this work Lucy has developed a wide professional network and collaborates with psychiatrists, surgeons, and medical consultants from a range of specialities.

 

In 2019, Lucy made the transition out of the NHS and took up a role as Clinical Director within the health tech start-up HelloSelf. Lucy worked with the company for four years, helping the business to grow and achieve Series B funding. In 2023, Lucy turned her focus to expanding her own private practice, building a psychology collaborative with trusted colleagues, providing consultancy and training within organisations and increasing the time she could commit to therapy and specialist coaching. In addition, she took up a position on the Clinical and Scientific Advisory Board at digital health company Chiron. Here, Lucy develops psychologically informed self-care regimens as part of the business’s AI-driven breakthrough model for chronic disease management.

 

Outside of her work, Lucy’s long-standing interest in the mind-body connection led her to train and qualify as a Fitness Instructor, recognised by the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPS) and The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA). Lucy is a big advocate of the power of movement in enabling us to create better balance in our lives, and with that balance, more psychological freedom.