Laura Ward , BACP

Laura Ward is a counsellor who uses a person-centred approach to help people make sense of difficult experiences. She holds BACP accreditation and has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. Laura speaks English and offers sessions to international clients. She focuses on stress, anxiety and depression, and supports people through relationship and family-related concerns. Laura also helps with self-esteem, motivation and anger, and works with those managing trauma, abuse and grief. Her practice includes attention to ADHD, bipolar difficulties and the challenges of long-term illness or chronic pain. Laura blends client-centred listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and emotionally-focused therapy. In sessions she helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behaviour changes. She also pays attention to emotions and attachment needs to support closer connections and self-understanding. She often explores how past events and family patterns shape current reactions and coping. Laura aims to be warm and non-judgemental, giving people space to move at their own pace. She encourages building self-compassion and resilience through steady, practical steps. Sessions aim to help people become more self-aware and act in line with their values. Laura describes her role as a companion on the journey rather than an expert who fixes things. If someone chooses to begin, she asks them to complete a short matching process before scheduling.

How Laura's approaches translate to online therapy

Laura blends client-centred counselling with cognitive behavioural therapy and emotionally-focused ideas to guide online work. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening with empathy and following the person’s lead, which helps people feel heard and begin to trust the process. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behaviour and uses simple exercises to test and change unhelpful thinking, useful for anxiety, low mood and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) pays attention to feelings and attachment needs, helping people understand emotional patterns and improve close connections.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Laura will discuss options and help decide which methods fit someone’s needs, goals and preferences. She adapts the pace and mix of techniques so sessions remain collaborative and practical.

Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different lifestyles. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone can be a quicker check-in or helpful when bandwidth is low, and chat or messaging supports shorter, ongoing contact between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while keeping the focus on the therapeutic tasks.