Laura Ward, BACP

Laura Ward uses a warm, person-centred approach to help people work through difficult moments. She is identified as Laura in sessions and brings three years of UK practice experience to her work. Her style is calm and straightforward, aimed at helping someone feel understood and able to take small steps forward.

She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and the effects of trauma and abuse. Laura also supports those facing parenting strain, career uncertainty, anger or major life changes. She includes practical ways to manage difficult feelings and to build everyday coping skills.

Her work blends client-centred ways of listening with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviours, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy, which focuses on feelings and connection. Sessions focus on noticing patterns that cause distress and practising different responses that feel doable in daily life.

Laura pays attention to how past events and family patterns shape current feelings and choices. She offers steady support for people navigating grief, identity concerns, or challenges linked to ADHD, autism and related communication differences. Her aim is to help people become more self-aware and more confident in their decisions.

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, abbreviated as BACP. Sessions are offered in English and work through online formats to fit different schedules. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions that suit them.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening without judgement and helping people lead the pace of change. It is useful when someone needs a steady, understanding space to talk through feelings and figure out what matters to them.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions influence mood. It often involves learning small practical skills to manage anxiety, low mood and unhelpful thinking patterns.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on feelings and how they affect relationships and self-connection. This approach helps people better recognise emotions and respond to them in ways that feel safer and more constructive.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels helpful, and together decide which methods to use. This collaborative process means plans can be adjusted as progress is made.

Online sessions - by video, phone, live chat or text messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits concise check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility so people can choose what fits their routine and needs.