Lucy Beresford

Lucy Beresford is a British writer, psychotherapist and broadcaster, born in 1964 in West Sussex.

Her first novel "Something I'm Not", which asks whether all women want to be mothers, was published by Duckworth. [1] Her short story "Endurance" was published in The London Magazine and her short story "A Tender Meditation" was recorded as an audio story for Spoken Ink. Lucy also reviews contemporary fiction for a variety of British publications including The Spectator New Statesman, Literary Review, and the Sunday Telegraph. Her latest non-fiction book, "Happy Relationships: at home, work and play", is published by McGraw-Hill and has been translated into Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese. Her latest novel, Invisible Threads, will be published by Quartet Books in May 2015.

She appears frequently in the national international media, providing psychological insights into topical questions, and is a regular on the Press Preview for Sky News. Her appearances include the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2, LBC, CNN, Daily Politics on BBC2, BBC Breakfast on BBC1, Daybreak on ITV, NewsTalk on Channel 5 and Woman's Hour and the Today programme on BBC Radio 4.

She is the agony aunt for Healthy magazine, and previously was the Agony Aunt for Psychologies. She is also the Radio Shrink for BBC London. Lucy has written for the Mail on Sunday,[2] Sunday Telegraph, Evening Standard and The Spectator.[3][4]

She has an M.A. in Psychotherapy awarded by The City University, London, and an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy, having studied for both at Regent's College School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology, London. She is registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).[5] She sees patients for the Priory Hospital, Roehampton and privately in central London. She also has a degree in English Literature from University of Durham,[6]

Her initial career was in finance, with Lehman Brothers and BZW.

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