Are you seeking a safe and supportive space to navigate life's challenges? Look no further. I am a dedicated and empathetic counsellor with a passion for helping individuals like you achieve their fullest potential. I have a strong background in psychology and counselling, and I have completed over 7 years of study in this field. I hold an accredited degree in integrative counselling and have over two years experience as a volunteer counsellor with the NHS in a GP setting. I have seen a variety of clients of different backgrounds, and presenting issues. Counselling isn’t just a profession to me, being in a helping role and seeing moments of awareness and change in my clients is the most rewarding and touching feeling.
My personal way of working is founded in person centred approach- I believe you are the expert in your life and experience, and by taking the time to focus on you and truly understand you, you will be offered a genuinely warm, safe and non-judgmental environment which will feel strong and allow me to really see you, and for you to see yourself. From my experience and studies, I am also a strong believer in psychodynamic work and how what has happened in our past in some way links to what is going on for you currently and that we follow relational, emotional, and behavioural patterns that we learned to support ourselves at one point in our life that we still may be taking forward even if this no longer serves us . I will take opportunities for us to explore these links which can offer you clarity, awareness, and a deeper understanding of what is going on for you. I love the phrase ‘awareness is power’, as once we are able to get in touch with and uncover where we are, we can’t unsee it. We then have the power that we may have felt we have lost to be able to work through and make profound changes in our lives. I am experienced in helping individuals manage anxiety, depression, stress, self-esteem, and relationship issues.
Additional areas of focus: Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Depression, Abandonment, Adoption and Foster Care, Aging and Geriatric Issues, Antisocial Personality, Attachment issues, Avoidant Personality, Blended Family Issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain illness and disability, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Dependent Personality, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic Violence, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Eating and Food-Related Issues, Emptiness, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Fatherhood Issues, Fertility Issues, Forgiveness, Gender Dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Immigration Issues, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders , Narcissism, Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Phobias, Postpartum Depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and Discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Self-love, Sex Addiction, Sexual Dysfunction, Sexuality, Smoking/Vaping Cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young Adult Issues
BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP #401688
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Lauren is very good therapist and she gives me solid advice on my journey!
Written on Mar 26, 2024 after therapy with Lauren for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Kind caring, approachable and knowledgeable. Everything that you could want from a therapist
Written on Mar 23, 2024 after therapy with Lauren for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, and adhd
Lauren has helped me to get through tough times and build myself as a person
Written on Jan 03, 2024 after therapy with Lauren for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, parenting issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd