About Luke
Luke Thompson offers warm, person-centred therapy that focuses on emotional experience and real-life change. He draws on attachment ideas, emotion-focused work and cognitive behavioural approaches to help people manage anxiety, depression and relationship pain. Luke uses simple language and aims to make sessions feel like a companionable conversation rather than a lecture.
He pays close attention to how past attachments and current patterns shape everyday reactions. That matters for problems such as low self-esteem, abandonment issues, commitment worries and avoiding closeness.
How Luke works
Sessions look at feelings, habits and the small decisions that keep difficulties going, so people can try different ways of being. Luke also supports people coping with grief, breakups and the practical strain of caregiving or illness. He works with stress, anger, career concerns and the tiredness that comes from compassion fatigue.
Relationship difficulties and intimacy-related struggles are addressed alongside trauma, dissociation and the sense of emptiness that sometimes follows loss. With four years of professional experience and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), he blends evidence-based techniques with a human, relational style.
That means sessions focus on what feels useful for the person in front of him rather than fitting a rigid model. Luke will bring honesty, empathy and a down-to-earth presence into sessions. He often uses practical exercises alongside talking, helping people notice patterns and test new behaviours between meetings.
The aim is clearer choices, steadier emotion and more comfortable relationships over time.
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What Luke works with
The areas below are the ones Luke selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- 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
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Luke uses therapeutic approaches online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being pushed around by them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses, and it helps when trust, closeness or fear of abandonment get in the way of connection. Client-Centred Therapy relies on a warm, non-judgemental relationship where the therapist listens closely and reflects what is felt, which helps people make sense of painful emotions and build self-acceptance.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Luke treats approach choice as a collaborative task and will help decide what fits best based on each person’s goals, needs and preferences. He adapts techniques as the relationship develops and checks in about what is and isn’t helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let you work face to face; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited; chat or messaging can suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options help fit therapy around work, family life and travel, and allow people in different locations to access support from registered or accredited professionals.
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