Laura Turba, BACP

Laura Turba is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She works in a person-centred way and aims to move at a pace that feels right for each person. Laura focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and a broad range of life challenges. She welcomes conversations about parenting concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction and self-esteem struggles.

With three years of experience she has worked across different agencies and with people from varied backgrounds. That experience includes supporting people through grief, chronic illness, caregiver stress and the aftermath of abuse. She also helps with career uncertainty, anger, eating concerns and the challenges of neurodiversity such as autism and ADHD.

Laura uses approaches that include client-centred work, emotionally-focused therapy, mindfulness, solution-focused tools and trauma-focused techniques. In practice she aims to listen first, then agree small, practical steps to try between sessions. Sessions often include reflective listening, grounding or mindfulness exercises, and specific strategies to manage difficult thoughts or behaviours.

Her style is flexible and down-to-earth. She recognises that family and work commitments affect when people can meet, and she adapts session formats to fit busy lives. People who want a calm, steady counsellor who focuses on practical coping and emotional repair may find her a good match.

To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and books a session. From there Laura works collaboratively to set goals and plan the next steps in therapy.

How her approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. Online sessions give space for someone to set the pace and bring the issues they want to work on. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and process strong feelings in relationships and within themselves; it can be useful for attachment wounds, grief and intimacy-related concerns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches breathing and attention exercises to reduce stress and manage overwhelming thoughts in day-to-day life.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to identify goals, try different techniques and adapt methods based on what feels helpful. This is a shared process and plans are adjusted as progress and priorities evolve.

Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face discussion and visual cues, phone sessions can be lower bandwidth and useful during breaks, live chat supports shorter check-ins and text-based messaging can help when someone prefers writing. These options increase flexibility and make it possible to continue work even when schedules or locations change.