About Laura
Laura Edwards is a counsellor who focuses on helping people facing phobias, anxiety, stress and relationship strains. She works in a straightforward way and aims to make the first steps less daunting. She explains things clearly and helps people find practical ways to cope.
She uses a mix of methods to match what each person needs. Sessions often start by looking at what is causing the fear or worry and what has helped in the past.
Background and approach
Laura encourages people to build on their own strengths and to set small, achievable goals that feel manageable. Over seven years of practice, Laura has supported people through grief, trauma, low self-esteem, depression and addictive behaviours. She also offers help around sleep, eating difficulties, anger and managing life changes.
Her background includes work with attachment issues and neurodiversity concerns such as autism and ADHD. Laura is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She works with adults and sees clients across the United Kingdom and internationally.
Sessions are offered in English and she uses several formats to suit different needs. People who meet her can expect a calm, patient approach. Conversations are guided by the person’s goals and adjusted as progress is made.
Practical skills from cognitive and emotion-focused approaches are blended with a person-centred outlook to keep work grounded and useful. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions. Laura explains the process clearly and helps set the pace so that it fits with day-to-day life.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current fears and trust. In online work this can help people understand why certain situations trigger intense worry and guide gentle practice in building new patterns of response.Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the centre and relies on active listening and empathy. Online sessions use this approach to let people lead the topics while the counsellor reflects and helps clarify feelings and choices.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs and day-to-day life. Plans can be reviewed and adjusted as progress is made, so the work stays relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit around busy schedules. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflection or people who prefer to communicate in text. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to keep therapy going alongside work, family and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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