CBT & mindfulness
Thoughtful, compassionate therapy combining evidence-based CBT with mindfulness — helping you understand what keeps you stuck, heal with greater balance and build change that reaches beyond the therapy room.
CBT, deepened by mindfulness
Meaningful therapy is both practical and deeply human. I offer an empathetic, collaborative space where CBT brings clarity and purposeful change, while mindfulness helps you meet difficult thoughts and feelings with awareness rather than automatic reaction. Together, they support a more balanced, holistic path towards lasting wellbeing.
CBT helps us understand the connections between your thoughts, emotions, behaviours and physical responses. We work together to identify the cycles keeping difficulties in place and develop practical ways to create meaningful change.
Explore therapy sessionsMindfulness brings a gentler awareness to your inner experience. Woven into CBT, it can help you step back from unhelpful patterns, respond with greater choice and build a steadier relationship with yourself.
Explore working togetherThe philosophy behind my work
Transcending Thought is an invitation to understand the mind and explore a different relationship with your thoughts — one with more awareness, presence and compassion.
Drawing on psychology, mindfulness and Eastern spirituality, it runs through my writing, teachings and self-development work. In therapy, CBT and mindfulness can be brought together in a way that reflects your needs; no spiritual beliefs are required.
Explore the meaning of Transcending ThoughtAbout me
I’m Luke Draper, a CBT therapist. I bring together the structure of cognitive behavioural therapy and the grounding quality of mindfulness to offer therapy that is clear, compassionate and personally meaningful.
I work in NHS Talking Therapies and support people experiencing anxiety disorders, depression, OCD, PTSD and body dysmorphia. My approach looks beyond symptom relief alone: we make sense of the whole picture, create practical change and nurture the understanding and self-compassion that can support healing over time.
Alongside therapy, my Transcending Thought work explores presence and the possibility of stepping back from the thinking mind — ideas I share through my book, retreat and writing.
This website introduces my independent work. It is separate from NHS Talking Therapies.
Getting started
Finding support is a personal decision. An initial enquiry can be a chance to ask questions and discuss what you are looking for.
Learn more about working with me and how CBT could help you.
We can discuss your goals and whether CBT or mindfulness support might suit you.
If we decide to work together, we can discuss the format and next steps.
Take the first step
Discover more about working with me before deciding whether to enquire. There is space to explore the approach and consider what feels right for you.
Find out more about therapy and the next steps towards getting support.
Enquire about therapyPlease do not send urgent or sensitive health information through a general enquiry. This enquiry route is not an urgent support service.