Laura Bourne, BACP, NCPS

Laura Bourne is a BACP and NCPS registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with five years of practice. She focuses on common difficulties such as stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship worries, grief, sleep problems and coping with life changes. She also addresses concerns linked to ADHD, LGBT issues, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem.

She usually combines several approaches rather than relying on one method. Cognitive behavioural techniques are part of her background, alongside attachment-based ideas, psychodynamic thinking and solution-focused work. Sessions are conversational and practical, aimed at helping people notice patterns and try different ways of responding.

Laura pays attention to how past relationships shape present feelings and reactions. She helps people look at attachment patterns and how those influence anger, intimacy and trust. That includes practical steps to reduce reactivity and rebuild connections with others.

She offers trauma-aware care, which means pacing work to suit what a person can manage. That approach looks at how distress can affect thinking, sleep and behaviour, and uses steadier, paced interventions to address those impacts.

People meet to talk through current problems, set short-term goals, and practise skills between sessions. Laura uses solution-focused tools to identify what changes would make life easier, then tests small, workable steps. This mix aims to be straightforward and usable in day-to-day life.

How her approaches translate to online therapy