About David
David Cuff is a humanistic psychotherapeutic counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship difficulties and life changes. He works with a wide range of concerns including addiction, ADHD, depression, self‑esteem and issues related to intimacy, eating and sleep. David offers a calm, non‑judgemental presence and follows the person’s lead during sessions.
He uses a person‑centred, experiential style that is LGBTQI+ affirmative and respectful of neurodiversity. Somatic ideas inform his work - he pays attention to felt sensations in the body and how physical experience shapes mood and behaviour.
Background and approach
This can help people access resources they did not know they had. David trained at the University of Brighton and holds the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy credential, BACP. He also has professional certification in online and telephony counselling and undertook further development in working at relational depth and child protection in education.
In practice he aims to make sense of past events that still shape present life. He supports people to notice patterns learned in childhood and to find ways of living more fully in the present. Sessions are conversational and grounded in what is happening for the person in the moment.
People can expect a holistic, relational approach that considers feelings, relationships and wider circumstances. David aims to help clients draw on their own internal strengths to move forward and to bring closure to unfinished business.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
David blends somatic ideas with a person‑centred and emotionally focused sensibility. Somatic Therapy pays attention to bodily sensations and how they relate to feelings and behaviour, which can support work with trauma, anxiety and patterns of reactivity. Client‑Centred Therapy emphasises a respectful, non‑judgemental relationship where the person’s experience guides the pace and topics of sessions. Emotionally‑Focused Therapy (EFT) helps identify and work with emotional responses in relationships and attachment, useful for intimacy and relational concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. David works collaboratively to decide which methods best fit a person’s needs, goals and preferences. He listens to what matters most and adapts the way sessions proceed so the work feels relevant and manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. This range gives flexibility for different lifestyles and needs, letting people choose a format that suits their routine and comfort. Remote work also makes it easier to continue therapy around work, caring responsibilities and travel commitments, while keeping the focus on the relationship and the therapeutic process.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- 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 counseling
- 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
- Licensed
- Languages
- English