Laura Scotland, BACP

Laura Scotland offers a person-centred creative approach to therapy. She gives people space to lead sessions and chooses ways of working that match what each person brings. Laura is a BACP counsellor with three years of practice and she works online with clients in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Her sessions combine talking alongside creative options like mark making, movement and metaphor. She will suggest different ways to process feelings, but always responds to what feels most useful for the person in front of her. The aim is to find routes that help people notice patterns, name emotions and try practical steps forward.

Laura has helped people who are dealing with stress and anxiety, and those coping with grief or significant life changes. She also supports work on self-esteem, motivation and confidence. Additional areas she works with include attachment issues, body image, workplace and family problems, social anxiety and isolation.

In the first session she focuses on what the person wants to work on and tailors later meetings to those aims. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Laura emphasises respect, sensitivity and compassion throughout the work.

For people looking for flexible options, she offers online formats that suit different schedules and preferences. The approach is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at helping people make small, achievable changes over time.

Practical approaches and online therapy options

Laura uses a person-centred creative method that places what you bring at the heart of the work. That style means sessions start from your priorities and the therapist suggests ways to work that fit you, such as talking through issues or using creative acts like mark making or movement to express feelings.

She also offers guided ways to process grief and significant life changes that combine conversations with metaphor and practical tasks. These techniques help people organise thoughts, notice patterns and try new behaviours in small steps.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences with you and adjust methods as the work progresses. This means the plan can change if something else feels more helpful over time.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for a face-to-face feel, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break, live chat is quick for brief check-ins and text messaging supports shorter, ongoing contact. These options make therapy easier to fit around shifts, study or caring responsibilities and allow people to pick the format that matches their day-to-day needs.