Laura Bratley, BACP

Laura Bratley uses a person-centred approach to therapy. She provides a calm space where people can talk about what is worrying them. She aims to help people feel heard and understood as they think through difficult moments.

She has three years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation. Laura focuses on stress and anxiety, grief and loss, relationship concerns, and issues around motivation, self-esteem and confidence.

Sessions are practical and straightforward. She listens first, then helps people spot patterns in thoughts and behaviour. Where useful, she draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to tackle unhelpful thinking and dialectical behaviour ideas to build coping skills.

Laura also pays attention to attachment and communication difficulties, guilt and shame, forgiveness work, and questions of life purpose. She has supported people dealing with panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety and workplace challenges.

Her aim is to work at each person’s pace and to focus on steps that make a real difference in day-to-day life. She encourages small, manageable changes and helps people rehearse new ways of responding to stress.

If someone is ready to begin, they are invited to use the site’s process to match with her and arrange sessions according to her schedule.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience. It helps people feel supported while they talk about stress, grief or relationship worries. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical steps to reduce anxiety and panic symptoms. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, or DBT, teaches coping skills such as distress tolerance and emotional regulation to help manage intense feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress is reviewed.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by avoiding travel and allowing appointments around work or family commitments. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when needed or sessions that do not require being on camera, depending on what the therapist offers. Please confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are available.