About Lauren
Lauren Percival offers short, clear help for people feeling stuck, overwhelmed or unsure what to do next. She meets people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship difficulties, loss and other life changes. Her style is calm and respectful, and she treats each person as an equal.
She trained as an integrative psychotherapist and is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That means she draws on a few different counselling ways to suit the person in front of her.
How Lauren works
In practice this can mean focusing on the person’s experience in the moment, spotting unhelpful patterns in relationships, or working towards practical steps that feel doable. Sessions tend to be conversational and straightforward. She listens closely, reflects what she hears and helps people set small goals they can try between sessions.
For some people the focus is finding relief from anxiety or low mood. For others it is building confidence, managing work stress, or coping with grief and loss. Her background includes three years of clinical practice supporting adults from varied backgrounds.
She highlights empathy, respect and a collaborative approach as core to her work. If someone wants to explore their feelings, change a pattern, or try new coping strategies, she offers a steady, non-judgemental space to do that. Lauren works online with people in the United Kingdom.
She supports young adult issues alongside the range of concerns listed above and adapts her approach to each person’s needs.
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
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How different approaches work online
Lauren describes her practice as integrative, so she draws on a few evidence-based approaches and adapts them to the person’s needs. Person-centred work focuses on the client’s experience and aims to build understanding and self-acceptance through respectful listening and reflection. It can help when someone needs a steady, non-judgemental space to talk things through.Gestalt-influenced work encourages noticing what is happening in the here and now, including bodily sensations and relational patterns. This can help people spot and change recurring ways of reacting to stress or conflict. Brief solution-focused techniques concentrate on small, practical steps and on what might be different when things improve, useful for people who want concrete actions between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. She will work collaboratively to identify what feels most helpful based on goals, preferences and how someone responds in the early sessions. That means approaches can shift as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation without travel, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break, and text chat or messaging suits quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life and to keep continuity when schedules change.
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