Lauren Burns, BACP

Lauren Burns encourages clients to face and accept their personal stories as an important step toward healing. She emphasizes self-compassion and thoughtful exploration of life challenges, helping people develop a kinder, more accepting relationship with themselves.

With four years of experience in private practice and as a volunteer counsellor in the NHS, Lauren offers a client-centered, integrative approach tailored to each individual. She works especially with anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, life transitions and young adult concerns, alongside a broad range of issues that include trauma, addiction, grief, parenting and career-related struggles.

Her practice draws on a mix of therapeutic models to suit what works best for each person - including client-centered therapy, existential and psychodynamic approaches, attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused strategies. This integrative stance allows sessions to focus on both practical coping skills and deeper patterns that influence current difficulties.

Lauren aims to create a non-judgmental, collaborative space where clients can move at their own pace. She supports people in identifying strengths, developing coping strategies and gaining insights that promote greater confidence in handling life’s ups and downs. She is accredited by the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and frames therapy around compassion, curiosity and steady progress.