Laura Scotland , BACP

Laura Scotland is a qualified creative psychotherapist registered with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists. She adopts a person-centred creative approach that gives clients space to lead sessions while offering gentle guidance on ways to explore difficult material. Her practice combines talking therapy with creative processes such as mark making, movement and the use of metaphors to help people access feelings and perspectives that can be hard to put into words.

With three years of clinical experience, she has worked with people facing stress and anxiety, family conflicts, grief and loss, low motivation, self-esteem and confidence concerns, and adjustments after major life changes. She also brings experience supporting clients dealing with trauma, attachment issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome, body image and cancer-related challenges, domestic violence, family problems, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose questions, social anxiety and phobia, women's issues, workplace difficulties and young adult transitions.

In an initial session she will listen to what a client hopes to address and tailor subsequent sessions to meet those individual needs. She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity and compassion, acknowledges that starting therapy often takes courage, and aims to work collaboratively to support meaningful progress.

Person-Centred and Creative Approaches Delivered Online

Laura Scotland offers person-centred therapy, a collaborative style that prioritises the client’s priorities and lived experience. This approach focuses on active listening and empathetic reflection to help people explore feelings, clarify goals and build confidence in coping with stress, relationship issues and life transitions.

She also uses creative expressive techniques that invite processing through mark making, movement and metaphors. These methods can open new ways of understanding emotions and memories when words alone feel limiting, and they are often helpful for grief, low self-esteem, and trauma-related material.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work. Laura will collaborate with each client to determine which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences, adjusting the balance between talking and creative work as therapy progresses.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, and there are options for live chat or ongoing text-based messaging. These choices make it simpler to arrange regular meetings around work, family and other commitments, and help people access support from the comfort of their own location while working with licensed professionals and experienced therapists.