Counsellor profile
Laura Andrews, BACP
United Kingdom
Counsellor - Stress and Addictions
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 395516
- Experience
- 12 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Client-centred work
- Cognitive behavioural tools
- Mindfulness practice
About Laura
Laura Andrews is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has 12 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress and anxiety, who are coping with addictions, or who are struggling with trauma, low self-esteem or confidence. Laura also notes work with relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, sleep and eating issues, attention differences and codependency.
Her sessions are straightforward and conversational. She listens first, then helps people name what matters most to them. She draws on practical techniques to manage difficult feelings and to build small, steady changes. Laura uses approaches that encourage reflection as well as action.
Clients can expect a mix of talking and short, task-focused work between sessions. This might include noticing patterns, trying new ways to respond, or practicing mindfulness exercises. She also uses problem-solving and motivational strategies when someone wants to change habits such as drinking or impulsive behaviours.
Laura’s aim is to help people get clearer about their choices and needs. She works with issues linked to attachment, abandonment and control, as well as body image and guilt. These themes often come up with codependency and relationship-related struggles.
Her background combines years of clinical experience with client-centred values. Sessions are practical and paced to the individual. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then arrange a first appointment.
How sessions work
Approaches used in online sessions
Laura uses client-centred work which focuses on listening, reflecting what someone brings, and helping them find their own priorities. This approach is useful when someone needs space to sort out feelings and values.She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to identify thinking and behaviour patterns that keep problems going. CBT offers practical steps such as testing beliefs, changing unhelpful routines and building small experiments to reduce anxiety or addictive urges.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels useful, then adapt the methods as sessions progress. That way the plan is practical and based on what the person actually wants to change.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Registered or accredited professionals can use online sessions to help people maintain momentum between appointments and practise new skills in everyday life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
12+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, low self-esteem and related relationship and intimacy issues.
What is her style in sessions?
Sessions are conversation-led and practical, with listening first and task-focused steps afterwards.
How much experience does she have?
She has 12 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns in the UK.
Which professional credential does she hold?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are available to international clients; sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Confirm current session options before booking as formats are not specified in the biography.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.