Laura Ward

Laura Ward is a counsellor with three years of professional experience and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She works in the United Kingdom and offers support for people feeling overwhelmed by change, loss, or difficult relationships. Her approach is warm and non-judgemental, aimed at helping people talk through what is troubling them at their own pace.

She uses Client-Centred Therapy to create a space where a person’s own goals guide the work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to notice and shift unhelpful thinking and patterns that keep problems going. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand and name strong emotions and the ways these affect close relationships.

Laura helps with stress, anxiety and depression, and with the practical and emotional fallout of grief and life transitions. She also supports concerns such as self-esteem, motivation, parenting strains, compassion fatigue and the impact of trauma and abuse. Additional areas she addresses include ADHD, attachment and abandonment issues, chronic illness and caregiver stress.

Her sessions aim to build resilience and self-compassion while working on realistic steps forward. She explains things simply and keeps the focus on what the person wants to change. People who have felt stuck by generations of family patterns, difficult breakups, or ongoing health challenges will find a steady, empathic presence.

To begin, clients follow the platform’s matching process and schedule sessions to fit their needs. Laura welcomes international clients and holds sessions in English.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Laura draws on Client-Centred Therapy to make sessions feel collaborative and respectful, centring the person’s own goals and pace. This approach helps people who want a listening space where their priorities lead the work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers practical techniques to notice and change patterns of thinking and behaviour, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps name and work with strong feelings, which can improve how people relate to others and manage grief.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs, and then suggest which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress and comfort change over time.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins between commitments, or avoiding the need to be on camera when that helps. Registered and accredited professionals can adapt exercises, thought-records and emotion-focused tasks for remote sessions so that therapeutic work continues to be practical and goal-oriented.