Laura McAuliffe
Compassionate counsellor for life transitions
About Laura
Laura McAuliffe is a counsellor with nine years of experience supporting adults through difficult periods. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Laura focuses on creating a respectful and compassionate space where people feel heard.
She helps with common struggles such as stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression. Relationship and family problems are also within her remit, along with grief and coping with major life changes.
Background and approach
She pays attention to issues linked to abandonment, attachment, emptiness, guilt and shame. Laura works in a straightforward and person-centred way. Sessions are used to talk through what is happening now, understand how past experiences affect current feelings, and try simple changes that make day-to-day life easier.
She aims to build trust quickly so people can speak openly without feeling judged. Practical strategies and listening are balanced in her work. People can expect clear, manageable steps alongside time to reflect.
The overall goal is to help someone feel more able to cope and make choices that suit their life. If someone is unsure how to begin, Laura encourages small first steps. She supports people as they explore hopes for therapy and decide what changes they want to work towards.
Her approach is calm, steady and focused on the needs of the individual.
What Laura works with
Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and what online therapy offers
Laura uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage current difficulties and make practical changes. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and try new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety and low mood. Another approach focuses on exploring attachment and abandonment concerns to understand how early relationships shape current reactions and relationship patterns.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to a person's goals and preferences, try methods that suit their situation, and adapt the work if something does not fit. This helps ensure the therapy style matches what the person wants to achieve.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations when seeing facial cues matters. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a lunch break. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, writing things through, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Relationship issues
- Experience
- 9 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
