About Laura
Laura Kirk works in the United Kingdom as a counsellor and uses a client-centred approach to help people make sense of difficult feelings. She is known for a caring and direct style that balances empathy with gentle challenge. Laura holds BACP registration, which is recorded as BACP.
She draws on somatic methods to help clients notice how emotions show up in the body. That can mean tracking tightness, breath or tension to uncover feelings linked to past events.
How Laura works
Trauma-focused work helps people process painful memories and reduce their hold on day-to-day life. Laura has three years of clinical practice as a psychotherapist and many more years working in mental health as a support worker. That background means she is used to practical problem-solving alongside talking therapies.
She has particular experience with anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with parenting strain, sleep problems, anger and major life changes such as bereavement or separation. ADHD, autism and issues around adoption and attachment are other areas she frequently addresses.
In sessions she positions the client as the expert on their own life. The counsellor’s role is to listen, reflect and help identify strengths. People can expect a steady, grounded presence and a collaborative approach to working toward 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
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How somatic and client-centred approaches work online
Laura blends client-centred therapy with somatic and trauma-focused techniques. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening, empathy and helping clients find their own answers, which suits talking through life stresses and self-esteem issues. Somatic work draws attention to bodily sensations such as breath, tension or grounding, helping to connect physical signals with emotions in order to reduce reactivity. Trauma-focused therapy concentrates on processing distressing memories and their effects on current feelings and behaviour, which can be useful for anxiety, grief and past abuse.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and adapt methods to fit a person's needs, goals and comfort level. That collaborative conversation helps decide whether more talking, body awareness exercises or trauma-focused steps are best at a given time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow visual connection and body-based noticing, phone sessions can suit quieter bandwidth or a shorter check-in, and chat or messaging supports people who prefer written reflection or a paced exchange. These options help fit therapy into busy lives and different routines.
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