About Laura
Laura Williamson helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression and the strain of life changes. She also supports people dealing with relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, eating or sleeping problems, anger, career worries and compassion fatigue. Laura is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP.
She has around 10 years of experience working as a therapist in charities and other organisations.
How Laura works
During that time she has met people with a wide range of concerns and life situations. She aims to make sessions straightforward and focused on what matters to each person. Her style is supportive and interactive.
Sessions offer a calm space to talk about emotions and events without judgement. Laura helps people to look at what is happening for them, to name feelings, and to consider next steps. Her approach draws on humanistic and psychodynamic ideas to guide conversations and understanding.
That means the work pays attention to personal values, current relationships and also patterns that come from past experience. Together the person and Laura agree what to work on and how to proceed. She encourages small practical steps as well as reflection.
The goal is to help people feel clearer about choices and better able to cope day to day. If someone is ready to make a change, she aims to offer steady support through that process.
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
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches meet online care
Laura draws on humanistic work that centres the person and psychodynamic ideas that look at repeated patterns from earlier life. Humanistic methods focus on listening, clarifying values and supporting choices; they help with feeling stuck, low self-esteem and making life changes. Psychodynamic ideas help people see recurring relationship patterns and link current problems to past experiences, which can be useful for anxiety, grief and trauma.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. Together they will choose which way of working to try and can adjust it as therapy continues so it fits the person's needs.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different situations. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session is needed. Phone sessions can be less demanding on bandwidth and easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat or messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins, reflection between sessions or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, family and everyday life.
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