About me
Hi I am Laura. I am a fully qualified, experienced queer counsellor. I bring my own lived experience of anxiety, bereavement and trauma which informs my approach deeply. I am passionate about providing an open and honest, inclusive space for all clients, particularly for LGBTQIA+ clients. You can bring whatever feels difficult, messy or confusing without fear of being judged. I work in depth with you individually, with the hope that you will leave feeling more connected to your true self. I have a passion for working with clients creatively where you have the opportunity to understand yourself better, as sometimes what we feel is easier to express than to explain. I work with people aged 18 years and over for individual counselling. I work online via zoom in a confidential and explorative, safe place.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Post Graduate Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling - The Norwich Centre
- Certificate in Person-Centred Creative Arts - Association for Person-Centred Creative Arts.
- Person-Centred experiential counselling for depression (NHS recognised practitioner)
- Counsellor for adults - Mind, Norwich
- Homelessness and Addiction Counsellor - St Martins Housing Trust, Norwich
- Young person Counsellor - MAP, Norwich
- In private practice since 2021
- Equality and diversity, Trauma informed care, Neurodiversity awareness, suicide awareness, ambiguous loss, bereavement, gender identity and expression.
Member organisations
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.
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Exploring gender bias and gender equality
- Gender dysphoria
- Victimisation and factors affecting LGBTQIA+ people
- Issues affecting Transgender and gender diverse people
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 per session
Additional information
I offer an initial exploratory session where we can see if I am the right counsellor for you. This is for 30 minutes for £25 online via zoom.
Individual counselling sessions are £55 per session.
When I work
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Further information
I aim to work alongside you in a creative, expressive and explorative way that will be collaborative and at your own pace. We can take steps in building a trusting therapeutic relationship; one that is non-judgemental, honest and unique to us.
I believe we all have different ways of communicating our thoughts and feelings and different ways to process our experiences. I invite you to express yourself in whatever way feels comfortable and right for you, this can be through talking and/or drawing, painting, writing poetry, music, sculpture....just to name a few.
If you would like to see if I am the right counsellor for you, I offer an initial session for half an hour for £25 online. We can discuss what brings you to counselling and explore how we may work together.
