About Laura-Anne
Laura-Anne Mervyn is a counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and family-related difficulties. She helps with coping during major life changes and with problems such as addictions, sleep and eating difficulties, low self-esteem, and career concerns. Laura-Anne works with people who are exploring relationship or intimacy issues, and those navigating ADHD, bipolar or depression-related challenges.
She has nine years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation.
Background and approach
Over that time she has worked with people affected by chronic health conditions and with those seeking school-based counselling support. Her approach assumes clients know their story best and brings a respectful, listening stance to every meeting. In sessions she uses a client-centred way of working.
That means the conversation centres on the person’s goals and what matters to them. The focus is on building practical ways forward, whether that is managing anxiety, coping with loss, or repairing communication patterns. She is also experienced in supporting people with issues linked to attachment, abandonment, caregiver stress, body image and control problems.
Other areas she has worked with include blended family dynamics, kink and alternative sex culture, autism and personality-related concerns. Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged with international clients. Therapy is delivered through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time, and practical session formats include video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging.
How client-centred care works online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance and helping people follow their own goals. In practice this means the counsellor offers empathic listening and reflections, while the person decides what to explore and change. This approach is useful for anxiety, grief, relationship difficulties and coping with life changes.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss what matters to the person and suggest ways of working that fit their goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process and plans can change as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls let people talk face to face when they prefer a more personal feel. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging make it possible to fit therapy around work or childcare and can help keep momentum between longer appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- 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
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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