Luke Thompson, BACP
4 years in practice
Luke Thompson is a counsellor who draws on existential ideas to help people facing anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem and loss.
License and registration
- BACP
- 398957 · expires November 2026
- Years in practice
- 4
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Luke
Luke Thompson is a counsellor who draws on existential ideas to help people facing anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem and loss. He frames sessions around real-life emotions and practical understanding. Luke uses an open, human approach so people can feel seen and understood.
Luke works with depression, a broad range of anxiety including social and existential anxiety, and issues that come with grief and bereavement. He also supports people dealing with shame, intimacy-related concerns, anger, career stress and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
LGBT matters, family-related worries and the fallout from separation or divorce are included in his focus areas. His practice makes space for feelings rather than rushing past them. Sessions centre on connecting through honesty, empathy and straightforward listening.
Luke describes therapy as companionship through hard moments and invites people to use the relationship in therapy to try things out and talk about what matters to them. Luke has four years of experience and holds BACP accreditation, which is listed as BACP.
He has personal experience of anxiety, depression and bereavement, and brings that perspective into his work in a grounded way. Outside of therapy he enjoys gaming, creative hobbies and travel, which inform his warm, down-to-earth style. People usually find sessions feel like a collaborative, lived conversation.
Luke aims to help people notice patterns, try small changes and build a clearer sense of meaning and direction in life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Luke lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- 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
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Luke names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
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Online support
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Luke commonly blends Existential Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy. Existential Therapy helps people face big questions about meaning, choice and loneliness and can be useful for deep anxiety or feelings of emptiness. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings while taking action towards valued goals, which can help with anxiety, depression and motivation. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connection patterns shape relationships and helps people change repeating patterns that cause pain.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Luke will collaborate with each person to see which ideas fit their needs and goals. He invites clients to try different ways of working and checks in to adjust the approach as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy week. Video calls suit deeper, face-to-face conversations while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text are useful for shorter check-ins, ongoing reflections and moments when typing feels more comfortable. These options offer flexibility so therapy can continue around work, parenting and travel commitments.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Luke commonly help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. Other focus areas include grief, low self-esteem, intimacy issues, trauma and carer stress.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He blends existential thinking with person-centred, attachment and cognitive approaches. Sessions are conversational and focus on feelings, meaning and practical changes.
What experience does he bring to therapy?
Luke has four years of practice experience and draws on personal experience of anxiety, depression and bereavement in his work.
What professional credential does he hold and where is he based?
He is listed with BACP and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
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