Diane Vincent, BACP

Diane Vincent is a qualified Humanistic Integrative Counsellor based in Hackney, London. She completed an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling at CPPD Counselling School - an advanced training that supports practice with a range of therapeutic methods - and is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), the professional body for counselling and psychotherapy in the UK.

Before and during her training Diane worked in the creative industries, gaining direct insight into pressures such as uncertainty, burnout, and questions of identity and self-expression. Those professional experiences inform her work and help her connect with clients from creative and non-traditional backgrounds.

Her practice blends humanistic principles with psychodynamic ideas and tailored techniques to support people facing emotional and psychological challenges. Humanistic work focuses on present experience and the therapeutic relationship, offering empathy and acceptance to help clients access their capacity for growth. Psychodynamic elements explore how early experiences and unconscious patterns influence current thoughts, feelings, and behaviour, bringing deeper patterns into awareness to support lasting insight and change. Together these approaches aim to balance immediate support with exploration of underlying issues.

With three years of experience, Diane has worked with people from diverse cultural backgrounds, genders, and sexual orientations, supporting clients with anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, self-esteem and relationship difficulties, questions of sexuality and gender identity, and bereavement. More information is available at goingonbeing.co.uk.

Integrative Approaches and Online Support

Diane combines humanistic and psychodynamic ways of working to offer support that addresses both present difficulties and deeper patterns. Humanistic therapy focuses on the here and now, emphasizing empathy, acceptance, and the client-therapist relationship to help people build self-awareness and personal growth. Psychodynamic work explores how early experiences and unconscious patterns may shape current feelings and behaviours, helping to uncover recurring themes and promote emotional insight.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Diane works collaboratively with each person to identify methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors sessions so that techniques and pace align with what the client hopes to achieve.

Online therapy with Diane is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different lifestyles and schedules. These options make it easier to access consistent therapy from home or elsewhere, support continuity between sessions, and allow clients to choose the format that feels most comfortable for them while working with a licensed professional.