Lauren Stone, BACP

Lauren Stone is an integrative counsellor who creates a warm, compassionate space where adults can explore their concerns and begin to make meaningful changes. She is registered with the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) and draws on a blend of therapeutic approaches to offer interventions tailored to each person’s needs. Lauren works collaboratively, helping people process difficult events and develop a kinder, clearer understanding of themselves.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and to teach practical skills for easing distress while tracing how beliefs formed over time. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on seeing the world from the client’s perspective, encouraging autonomy and self-awareness by accepting the person as they are and supporting their own discoveries. Psychodynamic work explores recurring patterns and past experiences that may be keeping someone stuck, including how feelings from important relationships can be experienced in the therapy relationship itself.

Lauren has experience supporting people with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, depression and related difficulties such as self-esteem, relationship and family challenges, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes. She believes people are experts in their own stories and that therapy can help them draw on existing strengths to face what challenges them.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers structured techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and develop practical skills to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day coping - it is often used for anxiety, low mood, and stress. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a supportive, non-directive environment in which the person’s own perspective is respected and explored, helping with self-awareness, confidence, and emotional clarity. Psychodynamic Therapy looks for recurring patterns rooted in past experiences and relationships, helping to uncover why certain feelings and behaviours repeat and how they affect current relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Lauren works collaboratively with each person to choose and adapt methods based on their needs, goals, and preferences, and will revisit the plan as progress unfolds. The aim is to match techniques to the individual rather than fitting the person to a pre-set model.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, and shorter exchanges are possible via live chat or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and mobility needs while maintaining regular contact with a licensed professional who can support change and coping in everyday life.