About Laura
“Helping you to achieve good mental health, growth and restoration”
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I offer clinical supervision, counselling & psychotherapy and am an EMDR TherapistI working within a Neurodiverse and LGBTQI++ affirmative way and specialize in. - Neurodiversity, Eating Disorders/Disordered Eating, LGBTQ++, Trauma Therapy including Sexual Assault, Rape, Historic Sexual Trauma/Abuse, and Childhood Trauma - I also work as a Clinical Supervisor and Life Coach.
I work collaboratively as I feel that different individuals are helped in different ways, and I will engage with you in collaborative dialogue and shared decision-making to maximize your involvement within your therapy. For example, I will engage with your strengths and cultural resources, as well as your preferences as to what helps and doesn’t help you as an individual
I am a member of the following professional bodies - British & Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy Accredited Member (MBCAP Accred) and a registered member of the EMDR Association UK
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Like so many other people I too have had to deal with life’s ups and downs to a greater or lesser degree over the years, sometimes the situations caused me to revert 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, with support these coping strategies have now been changed to more productive and less harmful ways of coping, including understanding my neurodivergence (Dyslexia & Austim)
After a close family bereavement, I realized this was not how 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. After my therapy and continual self-discovery, I can be more proactive in noticing and dealing with life's issues.
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 and in 2022 become an EMDR Therapist and in 2023 gained my diploma in Neuro-diversity and Eating Disorders as well as becoming a Silver LBGT Champion.
I am also a qualified, mental health and leadership and management tutor/trainer and assessor and Life Coach. In 2019 I started Poole Therapies & Associates Ltd a group of counsellors working online with individuals worldwide. http://www.pooletherapies.com
I started her career in administration and accounts for several local and national companies, later she decided to move her career into childcare and progressed to become a Pre-school Manager and owner of her own Childcare Business, which led her to become an Early Years Tutor & Assessor.
Qualifications & Training
L6 Therapeutic Counselling Supervision (CPCAB)
Extended. Cert in Online & Telephone Supervision.
L 5 Dip. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (ABC/Stockbridge)
L5 Cert. Counselling Young People 11yrs+ (CPCAB)
L 4 Dip. Therapeutic Counselling (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
Award in Mental Health Issues (NcFe)
EMDR Therapist (EMDR UK Academy)
Practitioner Skills for Eating Disorders (NCFED - London)
Masterclass Neurodiversity in Eating Disorders (NCFED - London)
ARFID: An Introduction to diagnosis & management (BDA/University of Winchester)
Practitioner Skills for Management of Obesity (NCFED - London)
Nutritional Interventions for Eating Disorders (NCFED - London)
Gut Health - How your microbiome shapes your health & wellbeing (New Scientist Academy)
LGBT+ Champion Training (Silver Champion)
L3 Safeguarding Issues
ACTO accredited Online & Telephone Counselling Course
My Experience
Private Practise - CYP & Adult Counsellor, Coach & Clinical Supervisor, EMDR Therapist
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