Lauren Burns

Lauren Burns is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression and relationship strain. She also supports people facing grief, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, parenting strain, work-related pressure and difficulties with intimacy or self-esteem. Lauren works with individuals who want clearer coping strategies and steadier emotional ground.

She practises a person-centred approach that keeps the client’s experience central. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Lauren draws on attachment-focused ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns.

Lauren also uses elements of cognitive behavioural therapy, helping clients spot unhelpful thoughts and test small changes that can ease distress. Her style is gentle and direct - practical steps are paired with time to reflect on deeper feelings.

With four years of experience in private practice and voluntary work in the NHS, Lauren has worked across a range of common difficulties. Her BACP credential is shown as BACP. She supports people exploring issues such as codependency, communication problems, dissociation and family of origin concerns.

Sessions aim to leave people with clearer tools and greater self-understanding. Lauren encourages self-compassion and steady progress rather than quick fixes. When someone is ready to begin, she offers a calm, non-judgemental space to start that work.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships affect current connections and emotional patterns. Online sessions can help people notice repeating relationship styles, build safer ways of relating to others, and practise new responses. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening, acceptance and the client’s pace. In an online conversation this means the counsellor follows what matters most to the client and provides steady, non-judgemental reflection.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss goals and preferences and together decide whether attachment-focused or person-centred methods - or a mix - feel most useful. That collaborative decision can be reviewed as progress is made and needs change.

The biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people join from locations that suit them and keeps continuity when life changes make in-person visits harder. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often use remote work to maintain momentum between appointments while tailoring the pace to each person.