About Laura
Laura West is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression and grief. She also supports those facing low self-esteem and major life changes. Her approach aims to make talking about hard things feel straightforward and manageable.
Laura started her career as a Registered General Nurse and worked for 17 years in the NHS. Much of that time was spent supporting patients and their families through illness, including roles as a Macmillan Breast Cancer Specialist Practitioner.
Background and approach
Those experiences shaped her interest in counselling and psychotherapy. She completed a diploma in Psychotherapy and Counselling and is listed with the National Counselling Society, shown as NCPS. Laura brings nearly two decades of hands-on healthcare experience into her counselling work.
She draws on that background to offer steady, practical support. In sessions she mixes different approaches to suit the person in front of her. She uses psychodynamic ideas to look at past patterns and a person-centred outlook to keep the focus on each individual’s needs.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques and solution-focused methods are also part of her toolkit. Her goal is to help people move toward clearer thinking and more effective coping. She aims for simple, practical steps you can use between sessions.
Many clients come for help with isolation, relationship endings, chronic illness, social anxiety or finding a sense of life purpose. Laura presents therapy as a collaborative process. She encourages clients to set realistic goals and works at a pace that suits them while drawing on her clinical and nursing background to inform care.
Therapeutic approaches suited to online work
Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. It helps people feel heard and guides conversations towards their own goals, which can be useful for anxiety and self-esteem concerns.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together. It uses practical exercises and small behavioural experiments to reduce anxious thinking and improve day-to-day coping.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and then agree a plan together. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust methods if something isn’t working.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier if bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits brief check-ins or ongoing written work. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, care duties and travel, while keeping continuity when life is busy.
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- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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