Laura McCarthy
Calm client-centred counselling for practical change
About Laura
Laura McCarthy is a BACP counsellor who works using a client-centred approach. She focuses on creating an accepting space where people can talk through difficult feelings at their own pace. Her style is warm, calm and straightforward, aiming to help people feel heard and understood from the first session.
She explains things plainly and works together with clients to identify what matters to them. Sessions are a chance to reflect on stress, anxiety, grief, anger, relationship concerns and career worries.
Background and approach
She also supports people coping with trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, life changes and feelings of emptiness. Laura draws on four years of professional experience and keeps developing her practice through supervision and reflective work. That ongoing learning helps her stay attentive to each person’s needs and to adapt the sessions as those needs change.
In practice she offers a steady, non-judgemental presence and listens for what a person already knows about themselves. She helps people explore attachment issues, communication problems, blended family challenges and the practical effects of separation and divorce. Work can include talking through guilt, shame, jealousy and difficulties with commitment.
Sessions often focus on small, practical steps as well as deeper emotional work. Laura supports people dealing with body image concerns, dissociation, domestic violence after-effects and loneliness. She aims to make therapy manageable and relevant to everyday life.
People can expect a collaborative process that respects their pace and choices. Laura approaches each session with warmth and respect, helping people build understanding and make changes that feel possible for them.
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Sessions & fees
Client-centred care delivered online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on offering a warm, accepting presence so people feel able to explore their thoughts and feelings. It helps with anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship concerns and the emotional impact of life changes by prioritising what the client finds most important.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. That collaborative process guides whether sessions focus on emotional processing, practical steps or both.
Online sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls let people read facial expressions and body language, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins or when writing helps to organise thoughts. These options add flexibility and make it easier to keep therapy consistent alongside everyday 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
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
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
