About me
Hi, I’m Laura and I’m here to support children, teenagers, and adults through anxiety, trauma, grief, and life’s overwhelming moments.
You might be here because something just isn’t right. Maybe your child is feeling anxious, withdrawn, angry, or struggling with friendships or school. Perhaps you’re a teenager trying to cope with pressure, low self-esteem, social anxiety, or family conflict, and it’s starting to feel like too much. Or you’re an adult carrying stress, burnout, grief, or anxiety, keeping everything going on the outside, but feeling exhausted and stuck inside.
Whether you’re a parent, young person, or adult, you don’t have to face this on your own. I offer online therapy, EMDR and Outdoor Nature therapy that’s calm, collaborative, and centred around what you need.
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🧠 EMDR Therapy for Children, Teens & Adults
I specialise in EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing), a powerful, evidence-based approach that helps people heal from trauma, anxiety, and distressing memories.
EMDR is especially effective for:
One-off traumatic events (car accidents, medical trauma, falls, injuries, distressing incidents at school).
Childhood trauma or experiences that felt overwhelming but were never fully processed.
Anxiety, panic attacks, or phobias
Ongoing stress, grief, or feelings of being emotionally stuck.
For children and young people, EMDR is adapted in age-appropriate ways, using drawing, stories, movement, or play to help them safely process what’s happened without needing to talk through every detail. It helps them feel more settled, confident, and in control of their emotions again.
Adults often say that EMDR helps them feel lighter, less reactive, and more able to move forward without being pulled back by the past.
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🌿 Outdoor Therapy & Nature-Based Psychotherapy
Not everyone feels comfortable sitting in a traditional therapy room. That’s why I also offer Outdoor Therapy for children, teenagers, and adults who feel more at ease in nature. Sessions might involve walking, exploring, playing or simply sitting and talking in a natural setting.
Outdoor therapy can be particularly helpful for:
Children who struggle to engage in typical talking therapy.
Young people who feel disconnected, overstimulated by screens, or under academic/social pressure.
Adults juggling work, parenting, or caregiving, craving time to reconnect with themselves.
Nature offers a calming, grounding environment where it often feels easier to open up, reflect, and breathe again.
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How I Work
I offer a warm, down-to-earth space where you don’t need to have all the right words. Therapy with me is about going at your pace, whether that means gently exploring painful experiences, learning to manage emotions, or just having a space where you can finally be heard.
I work with:
Children and young people struggling with anxiety, trauma, or behaviour changes.
Teenagers navigating low self-esteem, academic pressure, social anxiety, or family dynamics.
Adults facing burnout, grief, life transitions, or unresolved trauma.
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You’re not broken, you’re just carrying more than your system was designed to hold. Therapy can help you make sense of things, feel more regulated, and reconnect with who you are underneath the stress or pain.
If this sounds like the kind of support you’re looking for, I’d love to hear from you. When you’re ready, I’m here and we can take the next step together
Training, qualifications & experience
- The Therapy Adventure Certified Outdoor Therapy Jan - June 2025.
- EMDR Therapy Practitioner, Mindsync EMDR Training, March 2025
- ITC Level 3 Award in Outdoor First Aid and Paediatric First Aid, Adventure Training North East, February 2025
- Diploma in Psychotherapy (Child and Adolescent), Northern Guild, December 2022
- Taking Therapy Outside (Understanding Therapeutic Practice in Outdoor Natural Spaces , The Centre for Natural Reflection, July 2022
- Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Child and Adolescent), Northern Guild, December 2020
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.

BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.

The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership

The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.


The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.

Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 - £90.00
Additional information
Online Psychotherapy Session - Child, Young Person or Adult £70
Outdoor Therapy Session - Child, Young Person or Adult £70
Online EMDR Session - Child, Young Person or Adult £90
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