About Laura
Laura Bourne is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, sleep problems, anger and life changes. She also works with issues related to ADHD, intimacy, and a range of attachment and identity concerns including LGBT matters.
Her approach aims to make difficult problems easier to talk about and to help people find practical ways forward.
Background and approach
Laura trained initially in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and she uses a mix of approaches to suit each person. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. She also uses client-centred and psychodynamic elements to explore feelings and personal history alongside solution-focused actions to set achievable goals.
Sessions are conversational and paced to each person. She pays attention to how trauma can affect thinking and the body and works with that in mind so people can move at a comfortable speed. Her style is warm and non-judgemental and aims to build trust over time.
Laura holds BACP and NCPS credentials and has five years of clinical experience. She offers sessions in English to people in the UK and does not accept international clients. Therapy is available by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Fees vary by location and are charged through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Approaches that suit online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships influence current patterns and helps people understand closeness, trust and fear of abandonment. It can be useful for relationship worries, attachment issues and feelings of emptiness.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses practical steps and experiments to reduce anxiety, improve sleep and manage mood symptoms.
Client-centred therapy puts the person at the heart of the work. The therapist listens without judgement and follows the person's pace, supporting self-understanding and emotional processing.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy. The therapist will talk with people about their goals, preferences and how they respond to different methods, and then agree a collaborative plan. That may blend short-term tasks with deeper reflection depending on what the person needs.
Online sessions offer flexibility for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual connection, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging works for ongoing, shorter exchanges. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
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- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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