Laura Kirk
Somatic-informed client-centred psychotherapist
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About Laura
Laura Kirk is a BACP psychotherapist practising in the United Kingdom. She brings three years of clinical therapy experience alongside many more years of mental health support work. Laura offers a warm, grounded approach and aims to help people notice what is happening in their bodies and feelings.
She describes herself as empathic, compassionate and honest in sessions. Laura uses somatic methods alongside client-centred and trauma-focused ways of working. That means she pays attention to sensations and reactions in the body, and links these to emotions and past events when useful.
Background and approach
She helps people learn simple regulation skills to calm their nervous system and reduce intense reactions. Her areas of focus include stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, depression and coping with life changes. She also works with parenting concerns, sleep difficulties, anger, career stress and compassion fatigue.
Additional interests include attachment and abandonment issues, adoption and foster-care matters, autism, ADHD and long-term illness or pain. Laura believes the person in therapy is the expert on their own life. Her role is to listen, reflect and gently challenge where it helps, so people can build awareness and use their strengths.
She describes the therapeutic relationship as a place to explore feelings, rehearse new ways of being and practise calming the body. She is neurodivergent and has experience supporting people through bereavement, isolation and the challenges of perimenopause and menopause. To begin, the recommended step is to choose Start Therapy, complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 3
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 408539
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused 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
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Laura lists
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How Laura works online
Finding the right way to work is part of the therapy process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels comfortable, and then make choices together about which methods to try. This collaborative process helps shape the pace and focus of sessions so they match what the person needs.
Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time. Online sessions can make it easier to keep regular appointments around work or caring commitments and to maintain momentum between meetings. If you want to know which session formats are offered, please confirm the current options before booking so you can pick what suits your everyday life best.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems can Laura help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and low self-esteem. Other focus areas include depression, sleep problems, parenting concerns, ADHD and long-term illness.
How does she approach therapy?
Her work is client-centred and trauma-focused with somatic methods. Sessions pay attention to body sensations, emotions and practical regulation skills.
What background and experience does she have?
She has three years of clinical psychotherapy experience and many years as a mental health support worker. She also describes personal experience of neurodivergence.
Where is she based and what accreditation does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the BACP.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients book with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start therapy with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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