About Laura
Laura McCarthy is a BACP counsellor who offers a calm, person-centred way of working. She aims to create a warm, non-judgemental space where people can be heard. Her style is gentle and collaborative, letting clients set the pace for difficult conversations.
Using Client-Centred Therapy, Laura focuses on listening and supporting each person’s own understanding. She works with stress, anxiety and depression, and helps people facing trauma, grief, anger or major life changes.
Background and approach
She also assists with relationship concerns, career worries and self-esteem difficulties. Sessions usually involve reflective listening, asking questions that help people notice patterns, and naming emotions as they come up. Laura supports people through issues like attachment, body image and communication problems, and she can help with divorce, blended family strain and isolation.
Practical coping ideas are offered when they suit the client’s goals. She brings four years of experience to the work and keeps learning through supervision and reflective practice. That ongoing development helps her stay grounded and responsive to what each person needs in the room.
Starting therapy with Laura is framed as a partnership. She aims to help people feel understood while they explore choices and build new ways of coping. The pace and focus are set together, with respect for each person’s timing and readiness.
How client-centred methods work online
Client-Centred Therapy emphasises empathy, unconditional positive regard and the therapist’s genuine presence. In practice this means the counsellor listens closely, mirrors feelings and helps people make sense of their experience. This approach is useful for anxiety, stress, low self-esteem and relationship concerns because it builds a trusting space for exploring emotions.Therapy online uses the same person-centred principles. The therapist will work with each person to figure out which style and methods feel most helpful. Deciding on the right approach is a shared process based on your goals, preferences and how you respond in early sessions.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when a quieter space is needed or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, journalling between sessions or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, family and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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