About Laura
“Helping you to achieve good mental health, growth and restoration”
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I offer counselling/pyschotherapy in a Pluralistic nature. This means I work on the basis that different individuals are helped in different ways, as a Pluralistic counsellor I will engage in with you in a collaborative dialogue and shared decision-making to maximise your involvement within your own therapy. For example, I will engage with your strengths and cultural resources, as well as your own preferences to what helps and doesn’t help you as an individual. For further information about pluralistic therapy visit www.pluralisticpractice.com
As a registered member of the BACP (British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists, I work within their Ethical Framework https://www.bacp.co.uk/events-and-resources/ethics-and-standards/ethical-framework-for-the-counselling-professions/

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Like so many other people I too have had to deal with life’s up’s and down’s to a greater or lesser degree over years, sometimes the situations caused me to revert back to my now old coping strategies, such as General Anxiety Disorder (GAD), an Eating Disorder, Self-Sabotage and closing down by shutting my family and the world out.
After a close family bereavement, I realised this was not the way in which I wanted to live my life from now on, so I took a ‘leap of faith’ (this was very hard at the beginning), moving out of my comfort zone and headlong into the Big Wild World of Personal Development and Therapy.
In 2012 I started my Counselling, Coaching, and Mental Health training and became a qualified counsellor and coach in July 2016, since then I have continued my training to extend my knowledge, skills, and expertise. I am also a qualified, mental health and leadership and management tutor/trainer and assessor
Qualifications & Training
L 4 Dip. Therapeutic Counselling (CPCAB)
L 5 Dip. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (ABC/Stockbridge)
L5 Cert. Counselling Young People 11yrs+ (CPCAB)
Cert. in Understanding Autism (NcFe)
Cert. Life Coaching Studies (CPCAB)
Dip. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NcFe)
Dip. NLP Life Skills Coaching (NcFe)
LCGI. Working with Children & Young People (City & Guilds)
Dip. Child Development & Psychology
Practitioner Skills for Eating Disorders (NCFED - London)
Practitioner Skills for Management of Obesity (NCFED - London)
Nutritional Interventions for Eating Disorders (NCFED - London)
Award in Mental Health Issues (NcFe)
L3 Safeguarding Issues
Drug & Alcohol Awareness
Two to Tango - Relationships
ACTO accredited Online & Telephone Counselling Course
COVID-19 Psycho-educational training
My Experience
Private Practise - Young Person’s & Adult Counsellor
Founder & Counselling Lead at Poole Therapies & Associates
Addaction – Family & Young Person’s Counsellor
Hadland Care Group - Staff Welfare Counsellor
Angelo European Chiropractor College (AECC) University – Visiting Counsellor
Dorset Rape Crisis Support Centre (now STARS) – Counsellor
Laura’s commitment to you…
Services Provided
In-Person Therapy Video Conferencing (online) Telephone