Lauren Burns, BACP

Lauren Burns approaches therapy with a belief that healing begins when a person can accept and understand their own story. She works alongside people to explore difficult emotions and life patterns, offering steady support while helping them develop greater self-compassion and resilience. Lauren encourages a balanced view of personal growth - acknowledging strengths while recognising areas for change - and frames progress as an ongoing, courageous process rather than a demand for perfection.

With four years of experience working in private practice and as a volunteer counsellor in the NHS, Lauren offers a client-centered, integrative approach that adapts to each person’s needs. She specialises in anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and life transitions, with particular experience supporting young adults. Her work combines person-centered warmth with existential and psychodynamic perspectives to help uncover underlying patterns and support practical coping strategies.

Lauren is a BACP-accredited practitioner - BACP being the UK professional association for counsellors and psychotherapists - and she aims to create a respectful, non-judgmental space where people can explore feelings at their own pace. Her goal is to empower individuals with tools, insights and strategies that increase confidence in facing life’s challenges, with a focus on building self-sufficiency outside of therapy.

When people are ready to begin, Lauren is prepared to support them through the early steps of that journey and beyond.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Lauren Burns draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and trust. This approach helps people understand attachment styles and how they influence relationship difficulties, intimacy-related issues and responses to loss or abandonment.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, offering an empathic, non-directive stance that prioritises the individual's experience. This method supports people who need a compassionate space to clarify values, build self-esteem and process life changes at their own pace.

In addition, cognitive behavioral therapy - CBT - is used to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. CBT is practical and goal-focused, often helpful for anxiety, depression and stress management.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Lauren works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals and preferences. She adapts the mix of approaches over time as the work evolves.

Online therapy with Lauren is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, making it easier to access support from different locations and schedules. These options provide flexibility for people balancing work, family or other commitments and allow continuity of care for international clients and those who prefer remote sessions.