You are a living, breathing ‘human becoming’, evolving and discovering your way through life.
Sometimes you fly, sometimes you get stuck. Along the way, you may slip sideways or fall backwards.
Every journey of self-discovery begins with one simple step. However daunting that first step may seem, Embark Counselling & Coaching will support and guide you, from start to finish.
Counselling is to have someone walking side-by-side with you, learning from your past to put you on the right path and navigating the hazards to give you strength and courage to continue your onward journey.
Coaching is to look boldly into the future and design a fulfilling life you can aspire to. A meaningful life that has its foundations in your unique strengths and core values.
Are you ready to Embark on your journey of self-discovery?
Let’s get started…
Embark on a journey that nurtures your inherent curiosity and reveals your true self.
There is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way to feel. We are all born as unique individuals and our experiences and life events shape us in different ways.
Whether you’re seeking therapy to address the persistent gloom of depression or negative anxious thoughts, coping with the profound pain of losing a loved one or another significant life event – or you’re searching for meaning and purpose in life – having the support of a therapist can be invaluable.
Whatever your reason for being here, I assure you, it’s a good place to start.
Embarking on a therapeutic voyage to navigate challenges and find fulfilment is to reveal hidden clues that may explain past choices and current situations. It’s a courageous process of self-awareness, guided entirely at your own pace.
Curiosity leads to answers. Calibration brings us back to wholeness.
Embark takes a holistic approach, celebrating your uniqueness and exploring your journey to the present through mind and body. On the way you might realise that you are perfect as you are and find self-acceptance and understanding.
Our work might equally be approached through the coaching lens, to help you envision a new future and set you on a new path.
Only by understanding yourself will you feel empowered to make conscious choices and create a sense of calm and clarity.
I work with integrity and creativity to explore hidden depths, helping to recalibrate you for a more meaningful, connected and fulfilling life.
As we progress, you will learn that all your experiences, thoughts, emotions and bodily sensations hold value and purpose. You will uncover and embrace them all as you learn to understand their unique significance.
It is this process of self-discovery, personal growth and transformation that is key to unlocking the secret to a more enriched life.
You are a living, breathing ‘human becoming’, embarking on a unique journey.
May it be a good one.
By shining a light onto your past, you will better understand the present and feel able to walk more confidently into your future.
It’s important that you feel safe and comfortable, because only then will you feel able to surrender your inner most thoughts, feelings and expressions.
Our work will take place in a quiet and spacious therapy room, where you will be comfortably seated and ready to talk and explore all dimensions of you. We will start slowly, taking small steps and working at your pace, so you can begin to trust what feels safe, held and manageable.
Over time, I may introduce some breathing or meditation techniques or even suggest we stand up and move around, allowing your body to speak through its own inimitable language, beyond the mind.
You will be gently and respectfully guided, from a fully person-centred approach, that welcomes all aspects of you.
I will show you how to recalibrate the delicate balance of your nervous system, including how to listen to your three main intelligent centres: head, heart and gut.
This is your voyage and you are at the centre of it.
Embark Counselling & Coaching is here to support you, regardless of your situation. A positive, beneficial client-therapist relationship is of paramount importance and if our approach is not the right one for you, I will suggest an alternative path.
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Embark Founder, Lucy Parker, is a trained and qualified counsellor, psychotherapist, coach, yoga teacher, meditation teacher and breath-work facilitator.
A widow, wife and mother, she describes herself as a “living breathing human becoming – embarking on my own journey many years ago and continuing to bear witness to the adventure.”
Lucy has over 15 years’ experience working privately with clients as a yoga, breath-work and meditation teacher. Working therapeutically with hundreds of clients has taught her one key thing: “We are all ultimately searching for health, to feel truly whole.”
“Our bodies are much more than ‘taxis for our brains’. That’s why my personal approach to counselling respects and validates our bodies as much as our minds.”
Specialisms:
Whilst therapy is beneficial for all aspects of the human condition, I have some areas of special interest, experience and training. These include:
Registered through the BACP (British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists), Lucy has been awarded a level 7 Post Graduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Coaching from the University of East London. This unique, pioneering model takes a fully integrated 360-degree view of every person, seamlessly and progressively exploring their past, present and future dynamics within the therapy space.
Modalities covered in training:
Sessions are one hour [60 minutes] and are typically held weekly, at a set day and time. It is necessary sessions start and end promptly at the arranged time.
The first session is an opportunity to agree some important practicalities as we explore your focus for therapy.
We will also agree how many sessions you would like (normally around 12) or we may get started and see how the work develops. We will regularly review progress – the changes or benefits noticed – and next steps.
Yes! If it’s easier for you to meet online, that can be arranged via Zoom.
For online sessions, please ensure you have a good internet connection and that you are somewhere private and comfortable, where you can feel relaxed and know you can’t be overheard.
Embark sessions are £80 per hour [60 minutes]. Concessionary rates of £68 are available on request for certain groups such as the unemployed.
You can choose to pay for one session or in blocks of 6. Details about how to pay will be shared during your first session.
Payment must be made at least 12 hours in advance of your session, via our online booking system.
It’s often daunting to make that first booking which is why I offer a FREE informal 15-minute telephone call before you make your decision.
Thank you so much for your interest in this awesome piece of self-reflection and discovery. We can’t wait to be there to see you flourish.