Dr. Lara James, NCPS

Dr. Lara James works with people facing a wide range of difficulties, including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, addiction, and coping with life changes. She also supports people dealing with eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and challenges linked to chronic illness and pain. Dr. James is based in the United Kingdom and lists Living with health challenges among her areas of focus.

She holds a Professional Diploma in Psychological Counselling and is registered with the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society, NCPS. Her approach is integrative. That means she centres conversations around the person while drawing on ideas from psychodynamic work and cognitive behavioural methods when helpful.

Sessions can include more than talk. She often uses creative activities to make sessions feel flexible and to open new ways of understanding problems. This can help when words alone feel limiting, or when someone prefers different ways of working through an issue.

Dr. James aims to make sessions non-judgemental and supportive. She sees people dealing with trauma and abuse, neurodivergence such as high functioning autism, workplace difficulties, stalking, and the emotional fallout from crime and traumatic events. She describes therapy as a collaborative process where the person’s priorities shape the work.

With three years of practice experience, she offers practical conversation and structured ideas alongside reflective listening. To begin, prospective clients are invited to use the site’s Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before arranging sessions according to the therapist’s schedule.

Approaches that guide online work and choice

Dr. James describes her practice as integrative, combining a person-centred (humanistic) stance with psychodynamic ideas and cognitive behavioural techniques. Person-centred work focuses on listening and understanding someone’s experience, helping them find their own solutions and priorities. Psychodynamic-informed work looks at patterns and past experiences that shape current feelings and relationships, which can be useful for long-standing relationship or attachment issues. Cognitive behavioural methods offer practical tools for managing anxiety, mood and unhelpful patterns by identifying thoughts and behaviours to try out differently.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which ideas suit their needs and goals. That plan can change over time as issues shift or new priorities emerge.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm available formats before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, health appointments or caregiving responsibilities. It can also allow shorter check-ins or sessions without being on camera when people prefer that. Many clients find remote sessions reduce travel time and help maintain continuity when life gets busy.