Laura Calabro
Supportive UK counsellor for trauma and relationships
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About Laura
Laura Calabro is a HCPC-registered counsellor with 14 years of clinical experience. She practised for nine years in Italy and spent four years working within the NHS in the United Kingdom. She speaks English and Italian and offers therapy to international clients as well.
She helps people facing relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and anxiety. She also works with concerns such as stress, addictions, grief, career pressures and ADHD.
Background and approach
Practical problems like communication and family-of-origin difficulties are part of her focus too. Laura uses a mix of approaches to suit each person. She draws on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy to teach coping skills and emotion regulation.
She employs EMDR and trauma-focused methods when painful memories are affecting daily life. Psychodynamic ideas help uncover patterns rooted in past relationships. Sessions are intended to be collaborative.
She listens, asks straightforward questions and helps clients set clear, manageable goals. Treatment plans are shaped around what feels useful for the person sitting in the room. Many people find the first step difficult.
Laura aims to create a calm, respectful space to talk through worries and try practical steps forward. If you want to explore whether she might be a fit, use the site options to make contact and begin the matching process.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 14
- Registered with
- HCPC
- Registration number
- PYL042547
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Approaches include
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Psychodynamic Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Laura's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Laura works with
Everything Laura lists, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Career difficulties
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Approaches Laura lists
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Laura works online
EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, is a trauma-focused method that helps reduce the intensity of upsetting memories. It involves guided processing of distressing events so they feel less overwhelming and interfere less with daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences, and together you will decide which methods to try first. This is a collaborative process that can change as needs evolve.
If you are thinking about online therapy, confirm the specific session options during booking since the biography does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt DBT skills practice and trauma-focused exercises to remote sessions, and they will explain what to expect at the first meeting.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and anxiety. Other focuses include stress, addictions, grief, career concerns and ADHD.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She takes a practical and collaborative approach, listening carefully and helping to set clear, manageable goals. Sessions include skill-building and talking through patterns that cause difficulty.
What is her professional background?
She has 14 years of experience, including nine years practising in Italy and four years working within the NHS in the United Kingdom.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the HCPC and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions available in?
Sessions are offered in English and Italian, and she accepts clients from outside the UK.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are used. Check the booking information to see what is available.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Exact fees are provided during the booking process.
How do I begin working with her?
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