Laura Mitchell, BACP

Laura Mitchell is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with a BACP accreditation and four years of professional experience. She aims to make the first step into therapy easier by offering a calm, non-judgemental space where people can say what they’re carrying. She encourages openness and small steps, and acknowledges that starting therapy takes courage.

Her work focuses on everyday struggles such as stress, anxiety and low mood. She also helps people facing addictions, relationship difficulties, grief, parenting strain and major life changes. Issues like ADHD, eating concerns and anger are part of her caseload, along with trauma and complex emotional patterns.

Laura uses client-centred techniques to keep the conversation centred on each person’s needs. She also draws on ideas from the Gottman Method when relationship patterns are part of the difficulty. In practice this means listening first, checking what matters most, and then trying practical ways to change unhelpful patterns.

Sessions aim to feel straightforward and focused. People can expect to talk through current problems, try new ways of communicating, and build coping steps that fit daily life. Laura pays attention to the role of attachment, abandonment fears, communication problems and blended family stresses when these come up.

Her additional focus areas include caregiver stress, cancer-related concerns, co-morbidity, codependency, dissociation and separation after divorce. She works in English and does not accept international clients at this time.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s own experience at the heart of sessions. It involves open listening, checking what matters most, and shaping sessions around the person's pace and priorities. This approach can help with stress, anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes.

The Gottman Method focuses on relationship patterns and communication habits. It uses clear, practical techniques to help people notice interaction styles and try different ways of speaking and listening. This can be useful when relationship stress or recurring arguments are part of the problem.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which ideas to try first, and will adjust methods as goals and needs become clearer. Clients are involved in planning what works best for them rather than being given a fixed protocol.

Please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, as the biography does not list specific delivery methods. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work and family life, reduce travel time and allow sessions from quieter surroundings. Some formats allow shorter check-ins or telephone-only options when video is not convenient; discuss preferences with the therapist when arranging appointments.