Kirsten Lawrence , BACP

Kirsten Lawrence offers compassionate counselling designed to support healing, increase self-awareness, and foster personal growth. She creates space for people to explore their experiences, build autonomy, and recognise their strengths while navigating anxiety, stress, trauma, grief, and low self-esteem.

Kirsten works with clients facing a wide range of challenges, including childhood issues, abuse, depression, existential questions, and the aftermath of difficult life changes. She aims to help people expand their understanding of themselves and develop more adaptive responses to current situations shaped by past experiences.

Her practice emphasises a supportive, professional, and relaxed collaborative relationship where individuals can fully explore their circumstances without judgment. This healing relationship is used to address negative expectations and habitual responses that have emerged from previous experiences.

Kirsten adopts an integrative approach that draws on humanistic counselling theories to tailor therapy to each person. She blends ideas from approaches such as Transactional Analysis, Psychodynamic work, CBT, Person-Centered Therapy, Gestalt, Psychosynthesis, and Existential thinking to suit individual needs.

She is a member of the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which reflects her commitment to professional standards and ongoing development.

Client-Centered and Mindfulness Approaches for Online Support

Online work with Kirsten often draws on Client-Centered Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a warm, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship that helps people explore their feelings, clarify their values, and build confidence to make meaningful changes. It is well suited to issues such as low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, and the desire for greater personal autonomy.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple practices to increase present-moment awareness and reduce unhelpful reactivity. This approach can be helpful for managing anxiety, stress, panic symptoms, and emotional overwhelm by developing calmer, more balanced responses to difficult thoughts and sensations.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Kirsten collaborates with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She works together with clients to adapt techniques and pace so therapy feels relevant and achievable.

Online sessions - via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - offer practical flexibility, allowing people to access licensed professionals without travel and to schedule support around work, caregiving, or other commitments. These options make it easier to sustain regular contact and continue progress from different locations.