Laura Ward

Laura Ward is a counsellor who offers a warm, non-judgemental space to talk through difficult feelings. She works with people feeling stuck after life changes, and helps them build confidence and resilience. Laura holds BACP accreditation and has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.

She uses a gentle, person-focused way of working so people can set the pace. Sessions often look at how past events and family patterns shape current thoughts and reactions. Laura helps with stress, anxiety, low mood, anger, and struggles with self-esteem and motivation.

Practical tools are mixed with time to reflect. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT is used to spot unhelpful thinking and test new ways of responding. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is used when people want to understand and shift strong emotional patterns in relationships and personal life.

Laura also supports people dealing with trauma, emotional abuse, grief and complex family dynamics. She has experience supporting people affected by ADHD and autism and works to adapt sessions to individual needs. Her approach aims to help people feel more understood and less overwhelmed.

Sessions focus on small, manageable steps. Laura encourages self-compassion and drawing on strengths to make change. To begin, she asks people to share what they want to work on and then plans sessions around those goals.

How these approaches translate to online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The therapist offers empathic support, reflecting back what someone says so they can make sense of their feelings and choices. This approach helps when someone needs a calm space to explore low mood, anger or doubts.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, gives simple tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. It commonly uses short exercises and practical tasks between sessions to build new patterns and reduce anxiety or stress.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify strong emotional patterns and name primary feelings beneath them. It can be useful for working through relationship hurt, grief or recurring emotional reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also make practical exercises and note-sharing simpler between meetings.