ADADSU (Adapt-Advance-Succeed) is a London-based company that provides psychotherapy, counselling and coaching, equine assisted psychotherapy, online therapy, complementary health services and educational information. We do this in an integrative and personalised way to more sustainably improve individualsโ mind-body-spirit health and wellbeing. ADADSU is a unique concept that helps individuals to
ADapt to their problematic situations, ADvance beyond their perceived limitations and SUcceed in moving forward and more sustainably achieve their desired outcomes. The ADADSU approach is not narrowly focused on one single therapeutic model, but draws on a variety of psychotherapeutic and complementary health approaches in an integrative and personalised way. Our highly skilled team of experts provide other mind-body services including nutritional therapy, yoga therapy, personal training, body work, massage, meditation, HeartMathยฎ and more.
29/05/2025
๐ธ Blossoms to Blue Horizons ๐
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Step into Summerโs Threshold with book & film recommendations, new blog posts, a seasonal recipe โ and a free audio gift to support your transition into the light. โ๏ธ Happy summer!
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Going for an icy cold swim in the tidal river Tamar the other day - my friend recorded us (excuse the chatter! ๐คฃ๐).
An amazing start to the day but even this weekend with all the rain - slowly I notice how the body can adapt to the short cold swims and dips though at the moment I donโt manage more than 3-4 times a week yet - the sea is definitely warmer though! The moment before is always tricky - the daring but it helps me remember how it feels a few minutes in when you swim!! Recommend anyone trying and to go with a friend or coach ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐คฉ๐โโ๏ธ
23/04/2021
Often we focus too much on the broken and how to fix it, heal it, or โget ridโ of it. This quote really resonated with me today and sounds so beautiful to remind us to re-discover our unbroken parts again.
Perhaps the younger parts, the childlike excitable parts, the parts that can just be and have awe and wonder - those that reconnect us back to that spark doing the simple things... ๐๐โโ๏ธ ๐โโ๏ธ โ๏ธ ๐ ๐ ๐ฅพ ๐ฆ โ๏ธ ๐ ๐ฑ
16/04/2021
A beautiful icy cold river swim this morning with the warming sun ๐ Resetting the body and the nervous system ๐๐ฒ๐๐โโ๏ธ
14/04/2021
A peaceful place this morning in the little woods at the top of the hill wrapped in some of the fog coming up from the river in The Valley ๐ Have a Gentle and grounded morning ๐
08/03/2021
Beautiful icy surf in Bude ... just need my surf board back ๐โโ๏ธ๐
Just being near the ocean again and breathing the air and feeling the wind on your skin walking in sand, dunes or on headland cliffs... healing for the soul at any weather ๐๐
28/02/2021
Watching out to sea... ๐๐โโ๏ธ
28/02/2021
Mount Edgcumbe before sunset with 180 degrees of open sea - so much water - we only have the one planet... ๐
22/12/2020
Year-End 2020 RoundUp: How to cope with loneliness and face a changed new world in 2021. Latest tips on books, movies, music and apps.
After the events of this year, many of us have experienced challenges, losses, and above all change. My practice has been very full this year with the biggest spike in the second half and the predominant themes amongst those struggling the hardest are sadness and frustration, social isolation and lo...
19/12/2020
Serenity in winter... Walking gently amongst giants. Taking in the beauty surrounding us while some of us cope with deep sadness. Inviting it in and feeling it, letting it flow though us. Walking it off or walking with it. Breathing the air. Being amongst trees, creatures so old and wise that hold us grounded as their feet and roots are solidly entertained beneath our feet. As the year comes to a close, what may you reflect on? Can sadness get a gentle loving holding place within, at times needing more and other other times less attention?
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Lara Just is the founder and director of ADADSU Ltd. (http://adadsu.com/), a London-based company that provides LGBT+ or Gender and Sexual Diversity therapy for adolescents and adults, Online Therapy, Walk & Talk Therapy (Hampstead Heath, London), Equine Assisted Therapy and other healing modalities in a more holistic and integrative way to more sustainably improve mind-body-spirit health and wellbeing. She is also the founder of The Walking Therapist specifically geared towards walk and talk therapy: www.thewalkingtherapist.co.uk.
โI may be an 'unusual' therapist because I do things differently. I work with people online and outdoors. My office is literally a walk in the park - in the big beautiful ancient Hampstead Heath, the only service of its kind in London. Most people probably think of therapy as sitting in a small office opposite and head on with a therapist, which could be quite disconcerting at times. I found that walking with someone in nature side by side looking ahead can often be more productive and bring about change faster than traditional ways of working. It is moving our bodies forward - literally and symbolically. It is useful for people in transition, grief, life crisis, and feeling stuck. Research has shown improvements in depression, anxiety, mood and self-esteem, among many other things. Nature and the outdoors have special abilities to help us calm and encourage healing. I have found that these aspects are uniquely powerful to incorporate into the therapy work for more enhanced and faster outcomes. My passion is to make therapeutic support more accessible to a wide range of people, particularly young adults and adolescents. This includes embracing new ways of working and new technologies through our exclusive Online Therapy services. โ
Lara is a UKCP accredited and have been in private practice in different clinical capacities since 2008. Online Therapy sessions can be carried out in different formats (video, email, chat) and โWalk & Talkโ Therapy sessions take place in the large beautiful ancient Hampstead Heath in North London. โTraditionalโ room-based sessions can be arranged ad-hoc based on agreement.
She works with adolescents and adults (individuals, couples and groups) for a range of difficulties, particularly: LGBT+ (le***an gay bisexual trans + anything else on the spectrum) or Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversity therapy work, trauma, relationship difficulties, depression, anxiety, addictions, low self-esteem and body issues, PTSD, bereavement and loss.
ADADSU Ltd. is a unique concept that helps individuals to ADapt to their problematic situations, ADvance beyond their perceived limitations and SUcceed in moving forward and more sustainably achieve their desired outcomes. The ADADSU approach is not narrowly focused on one single therapeutic model but draws on a variety of psychotherapeutic and complementary approaches in an integrative and personalised way. Our highly skilled team of experts provide also other mind-body services including equine therapy, body work, yoga therapy, personal training, nutritional therapy, massage, meditation, healing, HeartMathยฎ and more.
Our philosophy is to honour and respect the uniqueness and individual needs of each human being. We value the interconnectedness on all levels, which include the physical, emotional, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual aspects of life. Our mission is to make our service as accessible as possible in a unique and personalised way using the outdoors in nature as well as providing online services with the latest technology. Our values are to commit to and encourage change, compassion, creativity, community and self-care.