Laura Howard , BACP

Laura Howard is a counsellor who focuses on helping women with stress, anxiety, grief and relationship concerns. She uses a warm, listening approach to help people feel heard and to make sense of difficult emotions. Laura works in English and is based in the United Kingdom. She is registered with the BACP, which is listed as her professional credential. Laura blends ideas from psychodynamic and humanistic traditions to guide sessions. She pays attention to early attachment patterns and how they shape present relationships, while also centring each person's immediate experience in the room. Sessions are conversational and aimed at building understanding rather than offering quick fixes. She has experience supporting people from the LGBT community and has completed a certificate in adoption counselling. That training informs her work with adoption-related topics, attachment concerns, identity and shame. She also supports issues such as eating and food-related problems, intimacy worries and the stress of life transitions. Clients can expect a calm, empathic presence. The first session is used to agree what to focus on and to decide if the counselling style fits. Laura describes herself as approachable and attentive, listening to what matters most to each person. Over five years of practice, Laura has worked with a range of concerns including depression, anger, self-esteem and career stress. She offers sessions by video, phone, live chat or text messaging to match different needs and routines.

Therapeutic approaches for online counselling

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and emotional responses. Online sessions can gently explore attachment patterns, helping people understand why they react a certain way in relationships or struggle with trust and closeness.

Client-Centred Therapy puts the person's experience at the heart of the work. The counsellor offers a non-judgemental, listening presence and follows the client’s pace so they can talk through feelings and decisions that matter to them.

Psychodynamic Therapy looks at recurring patterns that come from past experiences and unconscious beliefs. It can help people notice repeated ways of relating and begin to make different choices in their day-to-day life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then tailor the mix of approaches together with the client. That collaborative process helps make sessions more relevant and easier to fit into everyday life.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, brief reflections between sessions or people who process better in writing. These options make it simpler to fit counselling around work, family and other commitments.