Dominic Lourie, BACP
7 years in practice
Dominic Lourie is a counsellor with seven years' experience who aims to listen first and respond with care.
License and registration
- BACP
- 378271 · expires June 2026
- Years in practice
- 7
- Languages
- English
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About Dominic
Dominic Lourie is a counsellor with seven years' experience who aims to listen first and respond with care. He began working in homeless hostels and has since practised in the NHS, corporate settings, and personal work. Dominic uses a straightforward style and tries to meet people where they are so they can start to untangle what feels overwhelming.
He describes the counselling space as equal and humane. Sessions focus on what matters to the person in front of him, whether that is stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, or relationship and intimacy concerns.
Background and approach
Dominic draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside cognitive and acceptance-based methods to help people name and work with difficult feelings. His approach is practical and conversational. He uses client-centred listening to understand each person's story and then introduces techniques from CBT and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy where they might help.
This mix aims to balance exploring emotion with building new coping habits. Dominic also supports people facing parenting strain, workplace pressure, chronic health issues, ADHD-related challenges and identity questions within LGBT communities. He has experience with trauma, abandonment and attachment-related concerns and works respectfully with diverse sexual cultures and lifestyles.
Sessions are offered in English and he sees international clients. Dominic emphasises a human connection and steady support while people make changes in their lives. To begin, a short matching process helps find the right timing and format for sessions.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Dominic lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Dominic names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
Therapy approaches for emotions and everyday life
Dominic draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people recognise and name core emotions and the patterns they create in relationships and day-to-day life. EFT can be especially useful for people who feel stuck in recurring emotional cycles or who want to understand how feelings drive their choices.He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take committed action even when difficult thoughts or sensations are present. ACT is often helpful for stress, anxiety and coping with long-term challenges. Attachment-Based Therapy appears in sessions when past relationship patterns show up, helping people map how early bonds affect current trust and closeness.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dominic works collaboratively, listening first and then suggesting methods that fit a person's goals and preferences. He will adapt the mix of emotion-focused listening, acceptance work and practical cognitive tools to what seems most useful in each session.
Online therapy is offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to give flexibility around work, caregiving and travel. Video calls let people read facial cues and body language, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a lunch break, while messaging and live chat offer shorter check-ins and written reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent alongside a busy life.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Dominic help with?
He works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy difficulties, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, ADHD and career questions.
What is Dominic's therapeutic style?
He uses a warm, conversational client-centred style and combines that with techniques from Emotionally-Focused Therapy, CBT and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as needed.
How long has he practised?
Dominic has seven years of counselling experience, with work in homeless hostels, the NHS, corporate settings and independent practice.
What professional credential does he hold and where is he based?
He holds BACP and works from the United Kingdom.
Can I have sessions in other languages or from other countries?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Dominic provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with him?
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