About Lauren
Lauren Baxendale helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low mood, self-esteem problems and life changes. She also supports people facing relationship strain, addiction concerns, grief, trauma and issues with intimacy. Lauren works with a wide range of everyday difficulties such as sleep or eating problems, parenting stress, career worries and feeling isolated.
Lauren uses a straightforward, person-centred approach. She believes each person knows their story best and focuses on listening carefully.
How Lauren works
Sessions aim to make space for what matters to the client and to build on their strengths. Clients can expect calm, practical conversations that focus on what is helpful now. Lauren uses Client-Centred Therapy to follow the client’s lead and to help people feel heard.
She aims to make time for small steps that add up to real change. Lauren holds BACP registration, which indicates membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has five years of professional experience working with adults in the United Kingdom.
Her style is warm and direct. People can use therapy to work through practical problems, make sense of feelings, or plan next steps after a difficult period. The initial process involves talking about priorities and deciding on realistic goals together.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire and a scheduling step are used to arrange sessions that suit the client’s circumstances.
Lauren lists one way of working on the entry:
What Lauren works with
The areas below are the ones Lauren selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- 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
How client-centred approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, empathy and supporting the client to find their own solutions. In practice this means the counsellor reflects back what the client says, helps them clarify feelings and priorities, and follows the pace the client sets. This approach suits issues such as anxiety, low mood, relationship concerns and life transitions where understanding and personal insight are important.Finding the right way of working is part of the therapeutic journey. The therapist will discuss different approaches and work collaboratively with the client to decide what feels most helpful. Together they set goals, review progress and adjust methods to match the person’s needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different lives. Video calls are useful for a closer face-to-face feeling and deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflection, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to arrange therapy around work, family and other commitments while keeping the focus on progress and accessibility for the client.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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