Counsellor profile
Dominic Lourie, BACP
BACP counsellor - family and parenting concerns
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- Person centred
- CBT elements
- Attachment focus
About Dominic
Dominic Lourie is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with seven years' experience. He began his counselling work in hostels for people experiencing homelessness and has since worked in the NHS, corporate settings and private practice. He works with common problems such as stress, anxiety, grief and depression, and with issues linked to family life and parenting.
Dominic uses a person-centred way of working. He listens to each person and treats their story seriously. Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients. Payment is arranged through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
In practice he blends different approaches to suit the person in front of him. Dominic draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to look at thinking patterns. He uses attachment-based thinking when relationships and closeness are the focus. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas can help when people are trying to live with difficult feelings rather than pushing them away.
He has experience with a wide range of concerns that often arise in and around family life – parenting strain, blended family issues, adoption and foster care questions, attachment difficulties and intimacy-related struggles. He also works with trauma, addiction, eating and sleeping difficulties, and long-term health or caregiving stress.
Sessions aim to be practical and human. Dominic invites people to talk through problems, notice what matters to them, and try small changes between sessions. To begin, the service asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How Dominic applies therapeutic approaches online
Dominic frequently combines person-centred work with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Attachment-Based Therapy. CBT helps people notice and gently test the thoughts and behaviours that keep worry or low mood going, and it can be useful for anxiety, sleep and eating concerns. Attachment-based ideas focus on patterns in close relationships and help when issues of trust, closeness or parenting strain are central.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dominic treats this as a collaborative process. He will discuss goals, try methods out, and adjust the mix of approaches according to what feels most helpful to the person he is seeing.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm which formats are currently offered before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into everyday life, for example by reducing travel time or making it simpler to schedule short check-ins during busy weeks. Registered or accredited professionals often use online work to keep continuity between meetings and to focus on practical steps that transfer into daily routines.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family issues does he help with?
He works with concerns related to family and parenting such as blended family matters, adoption and foster care questions, and parenting strain.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He works in a person-centred way and mixes in approaches such as CBT, attachment-based methods and ACT to suit each person's needs.
How much experience does he have?
He has seven years' experience, having worked in hostels, the NHS, corporate settings and private practice.
Where is he based and what credential does he hold?
He is based in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Can I have sessions in other languages or from outside the UK?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions are arranged through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started?
Begin by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.