About Laura
Laura Howard offers calm, steady support for people facing worry, loss, relationship strain and life changes. She welcomes conversations about anxiety, stress, grief, low mood, self-esteem and concerns about intimacy or eating. Laura aims to make the first step feel simple and manageable for someone unsure where to begin.
She draws on a mix of attachment-based, client-centred and psychodynamic approaches to tailor sessions to each person. That might mean focusing on current relationships, looking at past patterns that influence today, or simply listening and reflecting what is most important to the client.
How Laura works
Sessions move at a pace set by the person in therapy. Laura is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, often abbreviated to BACP. She has five years of counselling experience and has completed further study in adoption-related counselling.
This background informs her interest in attachment, identity and loss. Practical concerns such as parenting strain, career stress, family conflict and coping with major life transitions are all within her scope. She also pays attention to issues linked to adoption, abandonment and attachment styles.
Conversations can include topics like body image, eating-related concerns and difficulties with commitment or control. Sessions are designed to give a safe, respectful space to talk and to explore what matters most. The first appointment is used to set goals and to decide how to work together.
Over time the focus can shift as needs change.
Laura lists 3 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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- 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
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Laura works with attachment-based ideas which look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This helps when people struggle with trust, closeness or recurring relationship difficulties. Client-centred work focuses on listening and following the client's pace, offering responsiveness and acceptance rather than directive advice. Psychodynamic therapy pays attention to recurring themes and feelings that come from past experiences and how they influence present behaviour.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options with each person and test what feels helpful. Together they will agree goals and adapt the approach as needs change, keeping the process collaborative and responsive to the client's preferences.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls suit in-depth conversations when visual connection helps. Phone sessions work well for lower bandwidth or when someone needs a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging make it possible to reflect in writing and to fit sessions around busy days. Many people find remote formats make it easier to keep continuity of care and to access therapy from different locations.
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