Laura Kirk , BACP

Laura Kirk is a UK-based psychotherapist with a BACP credential and three years of clinical practice, alongside fifteen years of experience working in the mental health field as a support worker. She brings a grounded, empathic presence to her work and combines somatic, energetic, and gestalt-informed methods to help people access feelings held in the body and to explore how those sensations connect to past experiences, including trauma.

Working from a strengths-based, client-centered stance, Laura views each person as the expert on their own life. She supports clients to increase self-awareness, identify personal strengths, and apply those strengths toward meaningful change, while offering challenges when she notices incongruence between what is said and what is felt. Laura describes herself as spiritual but not religious and welcomes diverse perspectives and identities, including neurodivergent clients and people from LGBTQ+ communities.

Her clinical focus includes stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, self-esteem, relationships, family issues, sleep difficulties, anger, career concerns, depression, and coping with life changes. She also has experience with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, perimenopause and menopause-related changes, bereavement and isolation, and other complex life situations. Laura aims to build therapy on trust, openness and awareness, helping clients regulate the body and move toward a calmer, more integrated state.

Laura emphasizes collaborative work - she does not provide ready-made answers but accompanies clients as they make the changes they want. Her style is compassionate, authentic and non-judgmental, while remaining willing to gently challenge clients to promote growth.

Somatic and Trauma-Informed Online Support

Laura integrates client-centered, somatic and trauma-focused approaches in online work. Client-centered therapy centers the person's own experience and priorities, offering a respectful, non-directive space to explore thoughts and feelings and to build self-awareness and resilience. Somatic therapy attends to sensations in the body as a route to understanding emotions and stored reactions, helping clients notice physical cues and learn gentle regulation techniques. Trauma-focused therapy concentrates on processing traumatic experiences in ways that reduce their ongoing impact, using methods that safely address memories, triggers and the bodily responses they provoke.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Laura works collaboratively with each person to determine what fits best based on their needs, goals and preferences. She adapts methods as therapy progresses so that work feels manageable and meaningful.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These options make it easier to access therapy from home or other convenient locations, supporting continuity of care and allowing clients to choose the format that feels most comfortable for their healing and growth.