MEET LUCY

About Lucy

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 began working privately with clients in 2010 as a yoga, breath-work and meditation teacher. She added in her training and experience as a counsellor and coach in 2022 to work with the whole human condition, body, mind and spirit.

Working therapeutically with hundreds of clients has taught her one key thing:

“We are all ultimately searching for health, to feel truly whole.”

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.

“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.”

Modalities covered in training

  • Person Centred

  • Psychodynamic

  • Transactional analysis

  • Gestalt

  • Sandtray therapy

  • IFS

  • CBT

  • ACT

  • GROW

  • Dexter & Dexter

Qualifications and training

  • Level 7 Post Graduate Diploma, Integrative Counselling and Coaching, University of East London, 2021 – 2023

  • Bereavement Counselling, St Raphael’s Hospice, 2022 - 2023

  • Meditation Teacher Training, Alexander Filmer-Lorch, 2015

  • Yoga Teacher Training, Yoga Campus, 2009 - 2011

  • BA, History of Art, University of East Anglia, 1990 - 1993

  • Various and many CPD training courses, online courses and workshops, 2011 - 2023

BE INSPIRED…

I am grateful for the many influences which have shaped my life and career thus far. Here are just a few…

Poets Mary Oliver, David Whyte, John O’Donohue, Julia Fehrenbacher, The Poetry Pharmacy

Psychotherapists Irvin Yalom, Steven Hayes, Van der Kolk, Richard Schwartz, Gabor Mate, Peter Levine, Julia Samuel

Coaches Jenny Rogers, Steven Hayes, Sir J. Whitmore, Dexter & Dexter

Authors Gabor Mate, Peter Levine, Wendy Mitchell

Podcasts, Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee, Therapy Works, Julia Samuel

The 8 C’s of healing according to IFS

Curiosity - Calm - Confidence  - Connectedness - Clarity  - Creativity - Courage  - Compassion

The 5 P’s of healing according to IFS

Presence - Patience - Perspective - Persistence - Playfulness

I invite you to be inspired to Embark through the words ‘Start Close In’ by David Whyte:

Start close in,
don’t take the second step
or the third,
start with the first
thing
close in,
the step
you don’t want to take.

Start with
the ground
you know,
the pale ground
beneath your feet,
your own
way to begin
the conversation.

Thanks also to some of the (many) people who are supporting my journey:

Yoga, Meditation and Breathwork Flow Tunbridge Wells

Osteopathy Flow Tunbridge Wells & Groombridge

Nutrition Camilla Fone, Botanica

Personal Training BlendFit

Website Copy Star Words

Branding & Website Design Verity Megan

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