About Lauren
Lauren Heenan welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or relationship strain. She is a counsellor who aims to make the first step feel manageable and straightforward. Lauren uses a warm, non-judgemental approach to help people speak about what matters to them.
Lauren has five years of professional experience and holds BACP and NCPS credentials. She brings particular attention to perinatal mental health and postpartum depression alongside general concerns such as low mood and self-esteem.
How Lauren works
Practical concerns like parenting stress, blended family issues and communication problems are part of her everyday work. Her sessions often combine time to understand a person’s history with techniques that target unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. This means clients can both make sense of past patterns and practise small changes that reduce anxiety or panic.
Lauren also uses short-term goal-focused conversations when someone needs clearer steps forward. People meet Lauren for support with grief, trauma and compassion fatigue as well as intimacy-related worries and fertility or fatherhood questions. She pays attention to family of origin matters and how those early experiences shape current relationships.
Sessions are intended to be straightforward, calm and focused on what the client wants to change. Lauren works in English and sees people in the United Kingdom. She invites newcomers to complete a short matching questionnaire to begin and offers a mix of formats to suit different needs and schedules.
Lauren lists 4 ways 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
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | BACP, NCPS |
|---|---|
| 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 Lauren’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. The therapist offers acceptance and reflection to help people talk through difficult feelings and work out what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety and panic and to improve mood.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Lauren will work with each client to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process - together they decide whether to prioritise practical skill-building, exploring past patterns, or short-term problem solving.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different days and routines. Video calls recreate a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited, and messaging lets someone check in without scheduling a longer appointment. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare or other commitments while keeping the focus on progress and practical tools.
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