Laura Scott
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About me
I work with couples and individuals who are worried about their relationships.
This can include family issues, couples counselling and individual therapy. Possibly there's a feeling of growing apart, feeling isolated and unheard and losing the ability to communicate. Maybe there are silences between you, or arguments, or there’s been an affair, maybe not. Everyone’s experience is different.
By helping you to find new ways to hear and be heard, you can discover what you need emotionally and you can change the pain and disconnection of isolation. I can help you to do this and then to work together towards a solution that’s right for you.
By finding ways to re-establish emotional connection and mutual understanding it can be possible to re-set the pattern of your relationship and restore closeness and that sense of belonging.
I offer flexible appointment times including evenings. Currently I offer online sessions by video or telephone, if desired. I also offer some face to face sessions, dependent on availability.
You may feel unsure whether counselling can help you and about what it would involve. To help you to explore your options, and to give you a feel for what it would be like to work with me, I offer a free, initial 15 minute telephone conversation.
This is a no-obligation session that lets me find out more about what your difficulties are and what you would like to get from counselling, and you find out whether you would feel comfortable working with me. Please phone 07375 293 075 or contact me through my website if you'd like to discuss.
Training, qualifications & experience
I’m a specialised couples counsellor and I work with couples and with individuals who are worried about their relationships. Maybe there’s a feeling of growing apart and losing the ability to communicate, maybe there are hot arguments, or cold silences, or there’s been an affair, maybe not. Everyone’s experience is different.
I always listen to you both carefully and empathically. By helping you to find new ways to be heard by your partner, you can both explore and discover what you need emotionally and you can ease the pain and disconnection of difficult communication. I can help you to do this, to understand what has caused the issues and then find ways to work together towards a solution that’s right for you.
Finding closeness and that sense of belonging again can improve not only your relationship but other difficulties in life also.
I offer personal warmth to create a feeling of acceptance and safety in our sessions. I often work online but I also have some face to face appointments available.
As a registered member of BACP I want to enable you to feel listened to and understood. This safe, impartial and non-judgmental time allows you to work through problems with my support.
I have a post grad Diploma, endorsed by ACTO, the Association for Counselling and Therapy Online, in the specific skills needed to provide safe online therapy. I am completing supervision training, to provide clinical supervision in person and online.
I work with couples and individuals over the age of 18, generally using psychodynamic, systemic and other approaches in an integrative way.
I maintain a professional and ethical approach by training in and attending continuous professional development (CPD) in various fields in other disciplines including Grief Counselling, CBT and Emotionally Focused Therapy which I may draw upon as required.
My previous career in the law in Edinburgh included mentoring and coaching as well as involvement with LawCare, a charity devoted to good mental health within the legal profession.
Qualifications include:
- Diploma in Relationship Counselling; Relationships Scotland
- Diploma in Online Counselling; OCST
- Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision; (under completion)
- Degree in Law and Diploma in Legal Practice; University of Dundee
- Diploma in Business Management; University of the West of Scotland
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.
The Association for Counselling and Therapy Online
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
I have training and experience in working with asynchronous as well as synchronous therapy. This means that I can offer therapy by means such as email where our respective messages are written some time apart, by arrangement. This may work well for you if you live in a significantly different time zone from GMT.
I have experience of working with visually and hearing impaired clients and find that for those with difficulty hearing, the written format of email may again be a helpful medium for therapy as well as Instant Messaging, (which occurs in real time).
Telephone therapy can be a helpful option for people with visual impairment, and can be organised to include couple therapy as well as individual.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 - £75.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- Individual counselling 50 minutes: (Face to Face or online) £60
- Couple counselling 50 minutes: (Face to Face or online) £75
- Supervision: from March 2024 at no cost while I'm in training.
When I work
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Monday 9am to 9pm, Wednesday 9am to 9pm, Thursday 9am to 6pm, Friday 9am to 5pm, Saturday 9am to 3pm
Further information
Introductory consultation: I offer a free 15 minute initial individual or couple conversation.
This no-obligation initial telephone call allows us to explore the kind of help you are seeking and the kind of help I am able to offer.
I currently offer a limited number of sessions with a 10% reduction for certain NHS staff against the cost of ongoing individual or couple counselling. Please ask for details.
While I complete supervision training, I am offering a limited number of supervision sessions free of charge.
If after the initial conversation we decide to continue, we then agree a way forward. There is no set number of sessions. Ongoing counselling sessions are 50 minutes from the agreed start time and are usually most effective if held weekly at the same time. I suggest a review of goals and progress after every six weeks.
