How I Work
“Counselling is a collaborative process that allows you to explore your issues in depth and to find new ways of handling them.”
My Counselling Philosophy
I believe that each person has the potential to live an authentic and meaningful life. What I love about counselling is that it gives me the opportunity to participate in each person’s journey of self-discovery. As a therapist, it is a privilege for me to be able to facilitate this journey and to be a witness to each person’s blossoming.
Change can only occur when you feel safe. I believe the therapy relationship is sacred and this is why I practise with great attention to confidentiality, respect and acceptance of who you are and where you may be in your life.
Counselling is a collaborative process that allows you to explore your issues in depth and to find new ways of handling them. You are the expert in your own life and I will always encourage you to make your own decisions based on what you know to be best for you. I maintain strong client-therapist boundaries and am always mindful of my role as your therapist.
Counselling With Individuals
I work from a position of respect where I listen carefully to the issues you bring in order to really understand what it is you are struggling with. Counselling is a series of conversations about you and your life where I ask questions and provide feedback as we explore who you are.
I use the relationship we create as client and therapist to explore and clarify the themes, patterns, dynamics and conflicts you are experiencing so that you can move towards creating balance in your life and feel greater life satisfaction. As your counsellor, I work with you to sharpen your awareness about the choices you are making in your life and how you are ‘being’ in these choices and relationships.
I practice therapy from a holistic approach, which means I take into account the whole of you: the way you think, how you feel, your dreams, values and beliefs, the impact that family issues have on you, both past and present, job stresses, cultural background, migration experience, health issues and anything else which might be significant.
“As your counsellor, I work with you to sharpen your awareness about the choices you are making in your life and how you are ‘being’ in these choices and relationships.”
Testimonials
My husband and I had a difficult time adjusting to a new way of life. As a result of all the changes that come with being recently married, setting up a new business and immigrating to a different country, our relationship suffered. Not only did I struggle being so far […]
I’ve tried many different types of trauma treatments over the years, and although they did help temporarily, nothing had the same impact as the TRTP sessions with Lauren. Lauren’s sessions addressed the underlying core issues and made a significant positive difference to the physical symptoms that I was experiencing – which were […]
Since doing TRTP with Lauren, I can safely say that my entire outlook on life has changed. Through this process, I have transformed from being anxious, depressed and fearful as the result of past trauma, to someone who is now free to live a complete and fulfilling life. This process has […]
When I started counselling, I was at a low point emotionally and our marriage was at a point where we didn’t want to part company but it seemed like we were heading in that direction. My husband and I were seeing a different counsellor together and I was a bit […]
Thank you Lauren for the difference you have made to me and my life. I have struggled to feel safe to do this work and you have helped me feel safe to go deep and affect change. The perfectionist in me would like everything sorted yet I know a substantial shift in […]
TRTP has allowed me to transition safely from an emotionally frightened youth to a blooming emotional adult. This transition occurred for me in the first of the 3 TRTP sessions. The second and third sessions relieved me of the traumatic baggage I’d been carrying and reminded me of the power […]
“I work with you to learn how to be yourself in an emotionally satisfying relationship whilst maintaining integrity and self-awareness.”
Counselling
with Couples
Through couples therapy, I work with you to develop a better understanding of your selves, of what you each bring to the relationship, and how this impacts on your ability to communicate effectively with each other.
I give you feedback about what I observe and using specific therapy techniques, I coach you on how to talk to each other in a non-blaming way. I also coach you on how to really listen to what the other is saying so that you both feel heard and understood.
I focus on what occurs in the therapy session between the two of you. Through the process of couples therapy, I help you each clarify your experience of “who am I in this relationship” and “who I want to be.” I work with you to learn how to be yourself in an emotionally satisfying relationship whilst maintaining integrity and self-awareness.
Counselling Approaches
Psychodynamic Therapy
A psychodynamic approach to counselling uses the therapeutic relationship we develop to explore the themes, patterns of interacting, reactions and responses you have to better understand how you operate in your relationships with others. Research has shown that a successful counselling experience is often the result of the positive relationship you have with your therapist. I am committed to developing a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship with you that will enhance your ability to grow and develop.