About Robert Cuming

I’m Robert Cuming — a therapist, group facilitator, and inspired to build therapeutic communities, I am  passionate about helping people reconnect to themselves and to others.

Everything I do is about enabling growth — emotional, relational, and creative. Whether through one-to-one sessions, EMDR, or group experiences, I create spaces that help people make sense of their inner world and move towards a more grounded, connected life.

As a therapist and group facilitator I offer tailored support to those seeking healing, clarity, and transformation. I provide a reassuring space and early on explore together with clients how we might work and create shared goals, with a real focus on what better might look like. Whether through EMDR, relationship work, or dynamic group settings, I create spaces for impactful change. 

My private therapy work and thinking is informed through various dynamic leadership roles I have held, which also allows me to have a level of clarity of the challenges facing professionals and entrepreneurs who are balancing busy lives. Currently alongside my practice I am Clinical Lead at The School of Life, a global publishing and well being brand based in London. I provide clinical guidance to the organisation and the team of online therapists.

Over the past 3 years I have led and designed therapeutic retreats for The School of Life, guiding groups through experiences of deep reflection and personal change. Group facilitation and harnessing the energy groups can provide for personal transformation, is something that continues to inspire me, and I will be offering in person therapeutic groups and retreats in Hertfordshire during 2026. 

My background spans both therapy and leadership — including roles with The Counselling Foundation, where as CEO for 10 years, I led an organisation of 150 people which provided BACP accredited therapy training and over 20,000 counselling sessions a year across Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. I have held leadership roles at The Samaritans, and The Prince’s Trust. These experiences have taught me the universal need for connection and our deep longing to connect to others — whether the client is in boardroom or in a role serving their community. 

Being a therapist means a commitment to ongoing personal development and holding a humility to one’s own personal journey. Over the past year, I have invested in my own journey as a participant on retreats in Portugal and seeking to connect further to the strength that can be found through greater vulnerability. I am grateful to family and friends for their support and insight, as I also continue to listen, learn and work to become the best version of myself. 

My in person practice is on the High Street in Berkhamsted, HP4 1AA as well as Cavendish Square, London W1G 0TP. I also offer Zoom video conferencing. Many clients have found online therapy as effective as face to face work, and can provide people with necessary flexibility to access support they need.