Luchie Cawood
About Me
Luchie Cawood is a second-year trainee integrative counsellor who believes in people’s capacities for growth, healing and change. Her decision to train as a therapist grew from a longstanding interest in understanding the emotional experiences that shape us and from seeing, time and again, people’s remarkable capacity for resilience, healing and change. She believes that being genuinely heard and understood can create the conditions for deeper self-awareness and lasting growth. She is committed to offering a thoughtful and compassionate space where clients can explore whatever feels important to them, whether they arrive with a clear sense of what is troubling them or simply a feeling that something in their lives no longer feels quite right.
Working integratively, Luchie draws primarily from person-centred and psychodynamic approaches, tailoring her work to each individual and their unique experiences. She works with adults experiencing a range of emotional and relational difficulties, including anxiety, loss, low self-esteem, relationship challenges and periods of change or uncertainty. She believes that taking time to understand patterns, emotions and relationships can help people develop greater self-awareness, clarity and choice in their lives.
Clients can expect a thoughtful and accepting therapeutic relationship in which they are listened to with empathy and respect. Luchie aims to offer a consistent and supportive space where thoughts, feelings, and experiences can be explored at a pace that feels right for each person. She believes that the therapeutic relationship itself can provide the basis for deeper understanding and meaningful change, helping clients to develop greater awareness of themselves and the choices available to them.
Training & Qualifications
Luchie Cawood is a second-year trainee integrative counsellor practising under regular clinical supervision as part of a professionally governed service. Before retraining as a counsellor, she spent more than thirty years in educational leadership and management before founding an leading a residential adolescent mental health clinic. Through this work, she developed a deep appreciation of the complexity of people’s experiences and supported young people and families through anxiety, illness, bereavement, loss, addiction and periods of significant life transition. These experiences continue to inform her thoughtful and compassionate approach to therapeutic work.
Current Training
Diploma in Integrative Counselling - The Awareness Centre (expected completion; 2027)
MSc Psychology - Walbrook Institute London (expected completion: 2027)
Prior Qualifications
BSc (Hons), Open University
CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills
CPCAB Level 2 in Counselling Skills
Certificate in Coaching - University of Cambridge
Recovery Coach Practitioner Designation - Conneticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR)
Professional Membership
BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) Student Member, 01040162
A Note on Trainee Status
All therapists at the Middle Ground Therapy Service are trainee counsellors or psychotherapists practising under regular clinical supervision. The service is professionally governed and BACPaligned. Your work is taken seriously here.
How to get in touch
To enquire about working with this therapist, please complete the MGTS enquiry form. A member of the team will be in touch within 48 working hours.
