Laura-Anne Mervyn , BACP

Laura-Anne Mervyn is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief and the after-effects of trauma and abuse. She supports those navigating relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, and career-related stress. She also provides help around addiction, ADHD, low self-esteem and compassion fatigue. Laura-Anne works with individuals who identify as LGBT and with people coping with life changes and loss.

She uses a client-centred approach that places the person and their experience at the heart of each session. Sessions focus on listening, reflecting and helping people make sense of what they are facing. The therapist encourages clients to identify their own strengths and options rather than imposing solutions.

Laura-Anne has nine years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Her background includes work with people experiencing chronic health conditions, family tensions and school-related issues. Those experiences inform a practical, down-to-earth style in sessions.

In conversation she aims to create a steady, non-judgemental space for people to talk through painful events and difficult decisions. She works at a pace set by the client and offers coaching-style support when clients want clear steps to try between sessions.

Practical matters such as sleep, appetite and daily routines are often part of the work. She also helps people explore attachment and abandonment concerns, communication and control issues, body image and aspects of kink or alternative sexual culture when these are part of a person’s story.

Client-centred approaches and online sessions

Client-centred therapy sees the person as the expert in their own life. The counsellor listens closely, reflects what is said and helps people explore their feelings and choices. This approach can be useful for issues such as grief, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem and coping with life changes.

Laura-Anne’s style tends to be practical and steady. She will work with each person to decide whether client-centred methods alone are best or whether some coaching-style steps would help. Finding the right mix is a collaborative process based on the client’s needs, goals and preferences.

Online therapy offers flexibility that can fit around work, family and health needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well where bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep regular contact and to try therapy in a way that suits daily life.