Hey there, I’m Laura.
I’m a skilled + experienced
Psychotherapist specialising
in ADHD, with ADHD.
Sometimes, it can all just feel a bit too much.
starting therapy
Trying to make sense of things can feel hugely overwhelming, whilst making time for yourself may be impossible. A feeling of knowing deep down, things need to be explored.
I believe therapy should provide you with a supportive space to call your own. A space to feel comfortable enough to explore those inner most parts. To unpack, process and try things out. To reflect and reframe.
how I work
I work uniquely. As an integrative therapist, I believe in creating a space for you to explore and process your narrative freely - without judgement. I work with adults who come to therapy for:
Depression, anxiety, attachment, trauma, RSD, relationships, parenthood, post-natal depression (PND), burnout, help with executive functioning, and overwhelm.
I specialise in working with clients with ADHD, and work with partners and families who care/support someone with ADHD.
I incorporate breathwork and guided meditations within my work.
ADHD isn’t about being deficit.
Understanding our unique ways of being enables us to thrive + have compassion for self.
what I can offer you
A free inital chat to see how we could work together
Online sessions for 50 minutes
Weekly slots on an open ended basis
£90 per session
In-person sessions available in 2024 (St Margarets, TW1).
ADHD
I work with clients who identify with ADHD or having ADHD traits. This could mean you have a diagnosis or are seeking a diagnosis, I support clients along all stages of the process, and how this label relates to your everyday. For example, how it informs your relationships, decisions, life transitions, circumstances and past experiences. It can mean processing the big stuff, and little bits and bobs life can throw. It can also mean looking into how you feel about yourself, mentally and phsyically. It may be that we explore your inner voice, and the chapters of your life where the narrative needs re-reading, and reframing. Delving into your experince, and your way of being can deepen understanding of self, creating compassion (which can feel really, really tricky when compassion feels like an impossible task). I understand the struggles of ADHD, and alongside my therapeutic training and academic work, this informs my work, creating a unique offering. A space for you to be curious and inquisitive about your way of being.
Parenting
Becoming and being a parent can feel like a continuous juggle - never ending yet ever-evolving. It can bring up our own childhood experience of being parented, our aspirations for being/feeling a good enough parent (and what that looks like), whilst confronting realisations of the transition in ourself, and our relationships.
I beleive that a supportive and compassionate space that makes you feel heard, and understood bares huge importance on your parenting journey. Vocalising your needs, wants, desires, fears, wonderings and dreams alongside challenging narratives and past experinces all comes into play.
Donald Winnicott’s theory of being a ‘good enough’ parent rings true to me personally. Discovering how to support and nurture ourselves and our children in a realistic way. Looking at our own patterns, triggers and ways of being can give us insight into how and why we behave and react the way we do.
Meditation
Unwittingly, I learnt how to meditate as a young child. It was my way of self-regulating my breath, my tight chest and tumping hearbeat.
Meditation has been a huge part of my jounrey. It reveals golden nuggets whilst also challenging and stretching our thoughts. As my children have grown and developed, I’ve taught them my methods (in hope they may come in handy one day), and trained in breathwork and meditation.
Sometimes the use of these tools come in handy during sessions. It can help to explore and process at a different depth.
I believe in the art of observation (of thoughts and feelings, acceptance (of you, just the way you are right now in the moment), and letting go (of those parts of us that no longer serve us, a shedding of layers).
Observe. Accept. Let Go.
