David Cuff
Humanistic counsellor focusing on felt experience
About David
David Cuff works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, low self-esteem and life changes. He also supports those dealing with addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, sleep or eating problems, ADHD and mood conditions such as depression and bipolar. David is named up front so readers know who they will meet.
He takes a humanistic, person-centred approach that follows each person’s pace. Sessions are conversational and grounded in what is felt in the moment.
Background and approach
He is LGBTQI+ affirmative and describes neurodiversity as a difference rather than a disorder. David pays attention to how past events shape present life. He helps people make sense of their stories and aims to help them find endings to unfinished business.
The focus is on drawing on a person’s own resources to live more fully in the present. Practical experience informs his style. He uses emotionally focused and somatic ideas to notice feelings in the body, plus Jungian and existential perspectives to look at meaning and identity.
The work is relational and non-judgemental with an emphasis on curiosity about present experience. He holds the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy credential, BACP, awarded at postgraduate level following study at the University of Brighton. He has professional training in online and telephone counselling and follows the BACP ethical framework.
Sessions are offered in English from the United Kingdom and can include different online formats. The aim is to support forward momentum, helping people feel more able to cope and make choices that suit their life.
What David works with
How David works
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Sessions & fees
Working with emotions and the body online
Client-Centred Therapy places the person and their experience at the heart of sessions. The counsellor follows what matters to the client, listens deeply and helps people feel heard so they can explore choices and next steps. Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on the patterns of emotion and attachment that shape relationships and inner life, helping people identify key feelings and shift unhelpful patterns. Somatic Therapy pays attention to bodily sensations and how emotions appear in the body, using awareness of felt experience to release tension and develop new ways of coping.Finding the right approach is usually a collaborative process. David will work with each person to identify which combination of approaches fits their needs, goals and preferences. He adapts the style over time so the work stays relevant and responsive to what emerges in sessions.
Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls let people read facial expression and tone, while phone sessions can be easier when lower bandwidth or no camera is preferred. Live chat and messaging can suit brief check-ins, ongoing reflection between sessions or people who prefer writing. These options increase flexibility so therapy can fit around work, family and daily life.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
