About Laura
Laura Arstall is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with five years of experience. She holds BACP accreditation, which she completed through a Level 7 course, and uses a person-centred approach in sessions. Laura aims to create a calm space where people can lead the conversation and set the pace.
In sessions she listens without judgement and follows the topics a person brings. She will not push someone to talk about things they are not ready to discuss.
How Laura works
If someone prefers a more directed, goal-focused style she can adapt and use solution-focused techniques instead. Her background includes supporting people with stress, anxiety, depression and grief, alongside relationship and family concerns. She also offers help around trauma and abuse, addictions, eating concerns, anger and low self-esteem.
Other focus areas include ADHD, autism and attachment-related issues, gender dysphoria and concerns connected to adoption, foster care and abandonment. Laura is experienced in discussing sexuality, kink and alternative sexual cultures, body image, communication problems and codependency. She also addresses problems such as domestic violence, divorce and blended family difficulties.
Sessions can explore coping with life changes and compassion fatigue as well. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, and accepts international clients in English. To begin a therapy relationship a person uses the site Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules sessions according to availability.
Laura lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What Laura works with
The areas below are the ones Laura selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Laura’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on following the person’s lead. The counsellor listens carefully, reflects what is heard and offers supportive responses. This approach helps when someone needs space to make sense of feelings or to decide what matters most to them.Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on practical steps and small changes. It uses short-term goal-setting and clearer action ideas to help with problems like stress, anxiety or relationship difficulties. This style suits people who want focused sessions with tangible outcomes.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Laura will discuss preferences, goals and what feels most useful, and adapt the work as those needs shift. Decisions about method are revisited over time so sessions stay relevant and helpful.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can fit shorter check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to arrange sessions around work, family and travel commitments and to continue therapy when in-person meetings are difficult.
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