Lauren Bourne, BACP

Lauren Bourne is a counsellor and psychotherapist who works with adults across the United Kingdom. She is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and she offers online sessions to people feeling anxious, low, or out of step with their relationships. Lauren aims to create a calm space where clients can slow down and think about what’s next.

She follows a person-centred approach and draws on attachment ideas to understand how past relationships shape present patterns. Sessions focus on what matters to the individual and move at a pace that feels manageable. Conversations often look at trust, boundaries, and how early experiences affect current reactions.

Lauren supports people who struggle with anxiety, stress, trauma or the fallout of past emotional neglect and abuse. She also helps those facing relationship strain, difficulty with emotional closeness, or patterns of avoidance and codependency. Work may include exploring fears of abandonment, improving communication, and building steadier self-worth.

Therapy with Lauren aims to help clients recognise triggers, develop better emotional regulation, and make clearer choices about their relationships. She avoids giving direct advice and instead offers space for reflection and practical steps agreed with the client. The goal is more confidence, calmer responses, and healthier ways of relating.

Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Lauren accepts people living in the UK and international clients, and she describes her practice as early-intervention counselling rather than crisis support.

Approaches that guide online work and practical access

Lauren draws on person-centred ideas which focus on the client’s own experience and priorities. This approach means the counsellor listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people find their own answers. It works well for those who need a steadier, non-directive space to think through feelings and choices.

She also uses attachment-informed thinking to look at how early relationships influence current patterns. This helps when people repeat painful relationship habits, fear abandonment, or struggle with trust. Exploring these patterns can make it easier to try different ways of relating in everyday life.

Finding the best approach is part of the work itself. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences, and together they will agree on what to focus on. That collaborative process shapes whether sessions remain person-centred, use attachment ideas, or blend elements that suit the individual.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone calls are helpful when bandwidth is limited, and messaging can suit brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and travel while keeping the therapeutic relationship consistent.