BIOGRAPHY

Lucy Beresford is a qualified psychotherapist, broadcaster and writer, specialising in relationships, sexual health and addiction. She works at The Priory Hospital, Roehampton, and in private practice in central London. Once a year she volunteers at a clinic in New Delhi.

Lucy is an expert on recovery from alcohol and/or drug addiction. As a specialist on the pressures and issues concerning celebrities and others in the public eye, such as politicians, she explores stage-fright/performance anxiety, identity crises, and stalking. As a former Investment Banker she helps businessmen, entrepreneurs, and high-flyers from The City deal with anything from stress and burn-out, to shopping and gambling addictions. She writes on relationships and sexual health for The Times, The Spectator, and Psychologies magazine.

Lucy's breadth of knowledge has made her a popular guest dealing with listeners' problems on various radio phone-in programmes - Radio 2's Jeremy Vine, and LBC's Anna Raeburn and Nick Ferrari shows. She is also the resident shrink on BBC Radio 4's award-winning Broadcasting House. She is a familiar face on television, having appeared regularly on SkyNews, and ITV News. She has also appeared as a psychological expert on BBC 2's Daily Politics, All I Want For Christmas, and 100 Greatest Sex Symbols for Channel 4.

Lucy is also known as the presenter of the Literary Review's annual Bad Sex award, which in November 2006 saw her appearing with rock chick Courtney Love. Lucy reviews fiction for The Spectator, Sunday Telegraph, and Literary Review, and has worked as a script advisor for two Bollywood movies. She has also voiced several National Geographic documentaries.

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