About Dominic
Dominic Lourie is a counsellor with seven years' experience who began his career working in homeless hostels. He trained as a person-centred practitioner and has since worked across NHS services, corporate settings and independent practice. Dominic aims to meet people wherever they are and listens without judgement to what matters most to them.
He keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Dominic helps people talk through stress, anxiety, grief, depression and trauma.
How Dominic works
He also supports concerns such as addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, and parenting strain. Dominic draws on a range of approaches to suit different needs. These include acceptance and commitment work to clarify values, cognitive tools to spot thinking patterns, and attachment-focused ways of understanding relationships.
He adapts his style to each person rather than following a single formula. People who prefer a warm, down-to-earth counsellor may find his way of working helpful. Dominic is used to hearing many kinds of life stories and treats each one with care.
He describes the therapeutic space as equal and human rather than hierarchical. Sessions can focus on immediate coping strategies or longer-term change. Dominic also supports people facing issues such as career doubts, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related challenges and complex life transitions.
He offers work that connects everyday problems with clear, manageable steps forward.
Dominic lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Dominic works with
The areas below are the ones Dominic selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Dominic's approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps towards those values. It suits those facing life changes, low mood or repeated unhelpful patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. It is practical and goal-oriented for day-to-day problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and emotional reactions, which can help with intimacy, relationship strain and issues rooted in abandonment or attachment concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dominic will discuss options with each person and try methods that fit their goals and preferences. He treats the choice as collaborative and may blend elements from different approaches as needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing or want more frequent brief contact. These options help sessions fit around work, travel and daily life while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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