Hello, I am Laura, a professional counsellor and therapist based in Salisbury, experienced in working with clients 'in the room', and online. I have over twenty years’ experience of working in private, public, and charitable organisations that support vulnerable young people and adults with diverse and complex needs. The confidential therapy I provide is informed by Transactional Analysis, a modality proven effective with working with a wide range of issues that provides easy to understand ways to explore and identify a plan for change. I also incorporate other therapeutic models in my practice to address your individual specific needs.

I work with a full range of emotional issues, difficult life events, impact of family relationships and unhelpful patterns of thinking and behaviour. I also work with the spectrum of gender and sexual expressions of the LGBTQIA+ community and recognise the importance of culture, race, and identity in how we meet the world.  As an inclusive therapist I actively provide understanding and a place to be understood. I am neurodiversity affirming and recognise that individuals have neuro and biological differences, and we all learn, relate, and experience the world in a myriad of ways. My goal is to work with people who wish to improve and enrich their relationships, with themselves, others, and the world.

I offer regular weekly sessions, providing space for reflection. I see my purpose as helping people uncover what has limited them in the past and supporting them to reconnect with positive aspects of themselves, so they can engage with new ways of wellbeing.  I encourage and promote the importance of self-care, somatic intelligence, self-compassion and self-soothing as necessary components for therapeutic change.   

My aim is to encourage curiosity of self.  

I hold full Professional Liability Insurance and a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). As a MBACP, I adhere to its Ethical Framework for good practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy and Professional Conduct and Procedures.  Qualifications -BACP Accredited Degree in Humanistic Counselling based on Transactional Analysis (Middlesex University) - Distinction. -Level 3 Diploma in Humanistic Counselling -Transactional Analysis 101  -Certificate of Higher Education in Health and Social Care   -Certificate of Higher Education in Social Sciences  Continued Professional Development  I make a regular commitment to my continued professional development through supervision, research and further training.  -Professional Certificate in Working with Trauma -Certificate in Couples Counselling -Anger and Rage in the Relationship -Best Practice when Supporting Autistic Clients -Developmental Trauma -Dealing with Distress: Working with Suicide and Self Harm -Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals -Relational Trauma -Working with Depression -Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversity -Working with Anxiety and Phobias  -Treating Chronic Shame -ADHD in the Therapy Room -Polyvagal Theory -Interpersonal Neurobiology  -Working with Autism & ADHD in Counselling and Psychotherapy