Lucy Watt Counselling

07/01/2026

Grief is a horrible emotion and one that nearly all of us will experience. Megan’s work on this is accessible and real. I hope it is helpful.

Survival in Early Grief Has a Very Small Circumference. It’s Not an Ordinary Time, and Ordinary Rules Do Not Apply.

09/12/2021

1. The most basic of all human needs is to understand and to be understood.
2. It is almost impossible to hate a person whom we fully understand.
3. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.
4. We are at the mercy of those who understand us better than we understand them.
5. When people make a decision, it is for their reasons, not ours.
6. The wise listener is attentive, and non-evaluative; he asks only unslanted questions, and praises those statements by an adversary which he can honestly praise.
7. We must face with courage the fact that when we succeed in "hearing a person out," our own position may become quite modified.
8. Loyalty is not the highest of all virtues, normally being surpassed by honesty, compassion, and justice.
9. Common human needs do provide our best basis for the resolution of conflict.
10. When truth and falsehood are presented with equal skill, truth is always more persuasive

Ralph G. Nichols—
The Struggle To Be Human, 1980

26/09/2021

Free screening of documentary film Cured about the fight to stop homosexuality being categorised as a mental illness - until 29th Sept. Rare opportunity to see this powerful film for free:

Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice Virtual Screening Available online from September 23rd to September 29th with a live virtual panel with Q&A on September 28th at 4:30 pm ET Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice is excited to invite you to a ...

25/09/2021

Aims This study describes the outcomes of clients treated by therapists in their first placement who were undergoing training in a range of humanistic and other relational approaches: Transactional ...

10/03/2021

This can be a useful list of examples of how we might grow through our therapeutic journeys.

27/12/2020

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/dec/27/covid-poses-greatest-threat-to-mental-health-since-second-world-war

UK’s leading psychiatrist predicts impact will be felt for years after pandemic ends

04/12/2020

Next workshop - tomorrow - for Writing for Self Discovery - come and join us and our supportive, small group:

Therapeutic and Creative Workshops for Self Discovery and Growth. Writing and Sharing and more.

15/10/2020

New online workshops - check out our new website and sign up for a workshop:

Therapeutic and Creative Workshops for Self Discovery and Growth. Writing and Sharing and more.

14/09/2020

Therapy room to rent in a friendly building in Dalston, Hackney https://www.lucywattcounselling.com/therapy-room-rental please get in touch for rates and availability.

BACP accredited humanistic counsellor and group therapist working in Dalston, Hackney, E8, close to Haggerston, De Beauvoir, Stoke Newington and London Fields.