About Lara
Dr. Lara James is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage anxiety, stress and life changes. She supports people facing depression, grief, relationship concerns and challenges linked to trauma and abuse.
She also offers help for issues like sleep and eating problems, addiction, low self-esteem and work-related stress. Dr James holds the NCPS credential, which is listed as NCPS. She describes an integrative, person-centred style and keeps sessions practical and accessible.
Background and approach
Conversations are grounded in everyday language and can include creative activities alongside talking. Her work draws on a mix of humanistic, psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioural ideas. That means sessions may focus on understanding past patterns, noticing current thinking and trying small changes that can help day-to-day life.
Creative tasks can be used when people want a different way to process feelings beyond talking. She has three years of experience and sees people for a wide range of concerns, including neurodivergence and the emotional effects of crime or abuse. Sessions aim to be non-judgemental and supportive while helping people build practical coping strategies.
People starting with Dr James complete an initial matching step and then arrange appointments. Therapy can be delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging, allowing flexibility to suit different schedules and needs.
How therapy approaches work online
Dr James uses an integrative approach that brings together person-centred work, psychodynamic ideas and cognitive-behavioural techniques. Person-centred work focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience so they feel heard and supported. Psychodynamic ideas look at repeating patterns from the past that influence current behaviour and relationships. Cognitive-behavioural techniques help identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical experiments to change responses to anxiety and stress.Choosing the right mix is a collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful in early sessions. Together they adjust the approach as needs change so the work stays relevant and practical.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions or use written conversation when talking feels hard. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy around work, family and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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