About Laura
Dr. Laura Stoops helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. She supports those coping with relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma, addictions, sleep and eating concerns, and major life changes.
Her work also covers ADHD, career strain, compassion fatigue and health-related worries. Dr. Stoops is named up front so readers know who they are considering.
She uses an approachable style that centres the person in the room. Sessions start with simple listening and reflection so the client feels understood.
How Laura works
From there she draws on different counselling methods to match the issue and the person's preferences. Her main methods include client-centred work, cognitive behavioural techniques and psychodynamic thinking. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and supporting the person's own goals.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at thinking patterns and practical steps to change them. Psychodynamic Therapy considers how past patterns influence current feelings and relationships. Dr.
Stoops is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and holds NCPS credentials. She has four years of experience working with a range of common concerns. Her approach is gentle, curious and direct when practical steps are needed.
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to availability. The subscription model used for sessions can be cancelled at any time.
Laura lists 4 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
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Registers | BACP, NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Client-Centred Therapy is built around attentive listening and helping the person set their own goals. It aims to create a space where people can talk openly and be heard, which can help with low self-esteem, relationship concerns and navigating life changes.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and some compulsive behaviours.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the person about goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and approaches can be adapted as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can fit a short break or when bandwidth is limited, and messaging options suit brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or mobility limits, while keeping the focus on useful therapeutic tools and steady progress.
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