Frequently Asked Questions

Therapy With Lauren is a private psychotherapy practice that provides individual integrative psychotherapy.

I currently offer individual integrative psychotherapy sessions, from my training background in Person-Centred Approach, Attachment Theory and Cognitive Behavioural Theory. 

At the moment, sessions are being held remotely, but face-to-face sessions will become available in due course (updates will be provided on this website once available). 

Therapy can also be provided on a short-term or long-term basis, dependent on your individual needs.

There are various ways that you can schedule an appointment with me. I take appointment requests via email, directly through my booking link or through my contact feature on this website.

To find my contact details, please go to my 'Contact Me' page.

*Please note that your appointment is not booked until you have received confirmation from myself*.

I currently charge £55 per therapy session. 

I do offer reduced rates for individuals who meet the eligibility criteria (please enquire if you feel that you may be eligible). 

I also offer block bookings of sessions, where clients can book in 6 sessions for £300, which saves you a total of £30.

In private practice, each individual therapist has the ability to set their own pricing. There are various factors that can contribute to the prices that therapists charge. These can include things like: their level of training and experience, therapist knowledge and expertises, niche skillsets or specialist support, their location, current living costs and therapy expenses such as renting a therapy room, supervision, therapy governing body membership, insurance, continued professional development etc.

The terms "counselling" and "psychotherapy' are often used interchangeably, meaning that individuals may be referring to one type of support whilst calling it another. However, there are notable differences between counselling and psychotherapy. 

Counselling is typically shorter-term and therefore, may be more goal specific and used to address a specific current issue or concern that you are having. For example, counselling may be sought by somebody who needs immediate support with current workplace stress.

Psychotherapy is usually longer-term and tends to facilitate deeper self-exploration and awareness. You may find in psychotherapy that you uncover the roots of some of your challenges, considering things such as childhood experiences or unconscious beliefs. Psychotherapy can also address challenges in your life that may have been present more long-term. For example, psychotherapy may be sought by somebody who has long-lasting low self-esteem, ongoing relationship difficulties or simply by someone who wishes to increase their self-awareness.

Attachment theory is a psychological and evolutionary theory that believes that we are all wired for human connection. It focuses on the attachments and relationships that we form with our primary caregivers in our childhood and how this can affect our relationships in later life both with ourselves and others.

Person-centred approach is a holistic branch of therapy that believes that you are the expert of yourself. It believes that you have the answers within yourself and therefore, allows you to navigate your own therapy sessions, with your therapist simply walking alongside you. It also looks at "the self" which is essentially what makes us who we are and what drives us to be the way that we are.

A person-centred approach will also focus on the importance of the therapeutic relationship and believes that the quality of the relationship between the client and therapist is fundamental in your therapy outcomes.

Cognitive behavioural theory looks at how our thoughts, emotions and behaviours are connected and influence one another. This may involve "negative" thoughts, uncomfortable or overwhelming emotions and "unhealthy" behaviours. 

CBT also looks at our belief systems and how this impacts how we perceive and experience life and the world around us. 

*Please note that I am not a CBT therapist and therefore, will not be providing you with CBT. Instead I will draw knowledge and theory from that approach and integrate it into my work alongside my other therapy modalities of attachment theory and person-centred approach*.

The BACP stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. They are one of various ethical governing bodies for counselling and psychotherapy, whom outline an ethical framework that therapists must abide by in order to deliver therapy safely and ethically. 

I am a member of the BACP and ensure that their ethical framework is adhered to at all times in my practice. 

A copy of their ethical framework can be found on their website - www.bacp.com