Laura Ward
Person-centred counsellor for emotional resilience
About Laura
Laura Ward works from a warm, person-centred approach to help people who feel stuck by life’s ups and downs. She uses Client-Centred Therapy alongside Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people make small, practical changes. Laura is based in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration.
She has three years of professional experience. People come to her with stress, anxiety and depression. She also supports those dealing with relationship and family concerns, self-esteem struggles, trauma and abuse, and parenting challenges.
Background and approach
Practical worries such as career strain, anger and coping with life changes are part of her caseload as well. Laura helps people notice how past events and family patterns shape current thoughts and feelings. She talks through ways to increase self-compassion, improve communication and build emotional resilience.
Sessions aim to boost motivation and confidence with clear, manageable steps. Her additional focus areas include ADHD, bipolar difficulties, addiction and eating-related problems, and long-term health issues such as chronic pain and disability. She also works with concerns around attachment, abandonment, body image and blended family issues.
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. The initial step is a short matching questionnaire to find the right fit, followed by scheduling according to availability. Laura uses a calm, non-judgemental style and aims to meet people where they are so they can take the next step at their own pace.
What Laura works with
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding without judgement, helping people feel heard and supported so they can explore what matters to them. It is useful for building self-awareness, addressing self-esteem concerns and navigating difficult emotions.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. This approach can help with anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes by teaching clear skills and strategies.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, concentrates on emotions and attachment needs to improve how people relate and connect. It can be helpful for those wanting to understand emotional responses and improve communication and closeness in relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then try methods that fit the person's needs. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls are close to face-to-face contact, phone sessions can be quicker check-ins or suit lower bandwidth, and chat or messaging can fit around busy days or provide shorter, regular support. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, family and other commitments while still working with registered or accredited professionals.
| 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
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- 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
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
