Laura Kirk , BACP

Laura Kirk is a UK psychotherapist registered with BACP, indicating registration with a professional counselling association, and she brings three years of clinical practice alongside fifteen years of experience working in mental health as a support worker. She integrates a spiritual but not religious perspective with somatic and energetic methods, including gestalt techniques, to help clients access feelings held in the body and connect those sensations to underlying emotions and experiences in the present moment. By exploring bodily awareness she supports clients to process trauma-related reactions and to develop practical ways of regulating the nervous system toward greater calm.

Working from a client-centered stance, Laura treats each person as the expert of their own experience and focuses on building trust, openness and awareness within the therapeutic relationship. She has supported people dealing with trauma, anxiety, bereavement, isolation, perimenopause and menopause, low self-esteem, ADHD, autism and dyslexia, and she brings lived experience as someone who is neurodivergent. Clients can expect an empathic, compassionate and non-judgmental practitioner who will also offer gentle challenge when it supports growth. Laura aims to help people identify strengths, increase self-awareness and navigate the changes they want to make in their lives.

Somatic and trauma-informed approaches for online therapy

Laura Kirk draws on client-centered therapy to create a respectful, empathic space where the client’s priorities guide the work; this approach emphasizes listening, validation and helping people tap their own resources to move toward their goals. Somatic therapy in her practice involves paying attention to sensations in the body and using that awareness to access emotions and patterns that are held physically, which can support regulation and reduce habitual reactivity. Trauma-focused therapy addresses the ways past distressing experiences affect present functioning and provides structured ways to process those experiences while tracking safety and readiness.

Choosing the right approach is part of the collaborative process - Laura will work with each person to identify which methods best match their needs, goals and preferences, adjusting the plan as therapy progresses. She aims to involve clients in decision-making about pace and techniques so that therapy feels tailored rather than prescriptive.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging - offer flexibility that helps fit therapy into busy lives. These formats make it easier to access support from different locations, accommodate varying communication styles, and maintain continuity with licensed professionals and therapists when in-person sessions are not possible.