Laura Howard
A listening, reflective counsellor for life changes
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About Laura
Laura Howard offers a calm, listening presence for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, loss, or life changes. She introduces herself simply and invites clients to talk about what matters to them. Her style aims to help people feel heard and to find clearer ways forward.
Laura draws on psychodynamic ideas and client-centred practice to shape each session around the person in front of her. She focuses on what comes up in the room and on patterns that repeat in relationships and self-image.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to explore feelings such as shame, grief, confusion about identity, and difficulties with attachment. She has a particular interest in adoption-related issues and has completed a certificate in adoption counselling. That work includes supporting birth parents, adoptive parents, adoptees, and others affected by adoption to make sense of loss, attachment patterns and identity questions.
Laura is a registered member of the BACP, which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has five years of practice experience and works in the United Kingdom. Her approach is warm and empathic, inviting people to set the pace and direction of therapy.
In the first session she and the client will discuss what to focus on and whether the way she works feels right. Clients are encouraged to ask questions about the process and to talk about their main concerns and goals.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 5
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 381971
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Grief
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Laura lists
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
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. The therapist will work with the client to decide which ideas and methods feel most helpful. That choice is collaborative and can change as needs and goals shift over time.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking so you know what is offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow a quicker check-in when people need short, practical support. It can also suit people who prefer to be in their own surroundings at the time of a session or who need options that better match their schedule and energy levels. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt these approaches to work effectively at a distance, and the therapist will discuss practical arrangements and what will work best for the individual.
Questions and answers
What kinds of issues can be brought to therapy?
Laura works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and body image concerns, parenting and family challenges, anger, self-esteem, career matters and coping with life changes.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
Sessions combine client-centred listening with psychodynamic reflection on patterns and attachment. The focus is on understanding what matters to the person and exploring how past experiences shape present feelings.
What is her professional background?
She has five years of practice experience and has completed a certificate in adoption counselling, which informs her work on attachment, loss and identity issues.
Which credentials and region are relevant?
She is a registered member of the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and is based in the United Kingdom.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK book sessions?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are offered to people within the United Kingdom.
How do sessions and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the steps to begin therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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