Laura Howard

Laura Howard is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who aims to help people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or low mood. She offers a calm space to talk through relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem struggles, parenting stresses, and challenges linked to eating or life changes. Laura is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

She blends psychodynamic and humanistic ideas to help people understand patterns that repeat in their relationships. Sessions often look at how past experiences shape reactions today and then consider practical steps to try differently. The work is conversational and paced to what feels manageable for each person.

Laura also has a certificate in adoption counselling and uses that when helping people affected by adoption and special guardianship. This includes supporting birth parents, adoptive parents, adoptees and others close to those experiences, and exploring topics such as attachment, shame, loss and identity. She has experience supporting people from LGBT communities across different age ranges.

Her style is warm and empathic with a focus on listening first. An initial meeting is used to clarify what someone wants from counselling and to decide together how to proceed. Sessions are tailored to the issues brought and to the person’s pace.

With five years' experience, Laura aims to combine understanding with practical conversation. People choosing to work with her can expect steady reflection on patterns, and guidance towards small, workable changes.

How these approaches can work online

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current feelings and behaviours. Online conversations can help identify attachment patterns and find new ways of relating that feel safer and more connected.

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on being heard and understood first. In online sessions this approach provides a steady, non-judgemental space where someone can speak at their own pace and shape the topics that matter most.

Psychodynamic Therapy explores recurring themes from past to present. Online work can make it easier to notice repeating patterns and talk through how they turn up in daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and how someone responds to different ways of working, and then agree a plan that fits those needs. This is a collaborative process and can change as therapy progresses.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the specific session formats offered before booking. Online care can make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people choose surroundings that help them focus during a session.