Laura Howard

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Adoption counselling

About Laura

Laura Howard helps people talk through stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, and issues linked to identity and intimacy. She uses psychodynamic and humanistic ideas in her work and is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Laura has five years' experience in practice.

She works in a conversational way that focuses on what each person brings to the room. Sessions begin with a first meeting to agree what to work on and to answer practical questions about how she works. That first appointment is used to outline goals and to check whether the working style feels suitable.

Laura combines elements from psychodynamic work with client-centred listening. This means attention to past patterns and current experience, alongside a focus on what matters to the person in front of her. She draws on these approaches when helping people with attachment concerns, abandonment, or issues around identity and shame.

She also has a certificate in adoption counselling and offers support to people affected by adoption and special guardianship orders. This includes birth parents, adoptive parents, adoptees, and other family members who have been affected by adoption-related issues. Common themes in this work are attachment patterns, loss, and questions of personal or cultural identity.

Over five years of practice she has worked with people from the LGBT community and with a range of life challenges, including eating and body-image concerns, anger, career strain and coping with major life changes. Sessions aim to clarify what is causing distress and to develop ways of managing day-to-day demands.

How her approaches inform online counselling

Laura uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at patterns in relationships and how early experiences can affect current connections; this is helpful for people worried about intimacy, abandonment or attachment styles. Client-Centred Therapy is about listening closely to the person in front of her and working at the client’s pace, which helps when people need space to express identity concerns or work through grief. Psychodynamic Therapy considers how past experiences influence present feelings and behaviour, useful for understanding recurring relationship or emotional patterns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Laura will discuss options with the client and together they will agree which methods suit the person’s needs, goals and preferences. This collaborative discussion is used to shape the early sessions and to review progress over time.

Practical benefits of having sessions remotely include fitting counselling into a busy week and reducing travel time so appointments can sit alongside work or family commitments. If you plan to start, check the current session formats before booking since the biography does not list specific options. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often offer different ways of meeting, and Laura will help make arrangements that fit day-to-day life.

Topics Laura lists

• Stress and anxiety
• LGBT
• Grief
• Depression
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Self-esteem
• Career difficulties
• Coping with life changes
• Abandonment
• Adoption and foster care
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Avoidant personality
• Body image
• Cancer
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Control issues
• Dependent personality
• Dissociation
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Eating and food-related issues
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Money and financial issues
• Mood disorders
• Multicultural concerns
• Narcissism
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Phobias
• Post-traumatic stress
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexuality
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy

Questions about Laura

Does she work with anxiety and depression?

Yes. She helps people with stress, anxiety and depression using psychodynamic and client-centred approaches.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses Attachment-Based, Client-Centred and Psychodynamic approaches and combines elements of these in her work.

How much experience does she have?

She has five years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns including grief, relationships and identity issues.

Is she registered with a professional body?

Yes. She is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.

Can I have sessions in another language?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she see clients outside the UK?

She does not accept international clients at present.

What formats are available for sessions?

Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography.

How much do sessions cost and how do subscriptions work?

Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.