About Laurel
Laurel Deegan is a counsellor who aims to help people feeling stressed, anxious, or low in self-esteem. She supports people dealing with depression, relationship worries and LGBT-related concerns. Laurel presents as calm and straightforward, and she begins by listening to what matters most to the client.
Laurel is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, abbreviated BACP. She has five years of experience working with a broad range of issues.
How Laurel works
Sessions focus on understanding the person rather than fitting them into a label. Her work mixes approaches to fit each person’s needs, always starting from a person-centred stance. That means clients set the pace and priorities while she offers techniques and reflections.
Common tools include mindfulness practices, thinking-skills for unhelpful patterns, and looking at how relationships shape feelings. Laurel pays attention to attachment patterns, and she helps people notice how past relationships affect current ones. She also supports those struggling with identity questions, gender dysphoria, autism and Asperger syndrome related concerns, and compulsive behaviours.
She talks through guilt, shame, codependency and finding life purpose. Practical work might include short exercises to try between sessions, noticing patterns in day-to-day life, and learning simple ways to manage overwhelming thoughts. Laurel encourages collaboration so people leave sessions with clear next steps and small, manageable goals.
Laurel lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Laurel works with
The areas below are the ones Laurel 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
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces 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
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting pushed around by them. It focuses on what matters to the person and encourages small actions in line with their values, which can reduce avoidance and build a more meaningful routine.Client-centred work focuses on listening and reflecting so the person feels heard and understood. This approach helps people explore identity, relationships and self-worth at their own pace without pressure to perform.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Laurel treats this as a collaborative process and will discuss which methods feel most useful. She adapts techniques to the person’s goals and checks in about what’s helping and what needs to change.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone sessions fit shorter check-ins or times with limited bandwidth, and live chat or text-based messaging can suit quick reflections, ongoing support or days when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family commitments and daily life, while keeping the focus on steady progress and clear, manageable steps.
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A practical next step
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