Lauren Stone, BACP

Lauren Stone works from a person-focused approach that aims to make talking easier and more useful. She is a BACP counsellor and has around ten years of experience supporting adults who are under strain. Her style is warm and straightforward, with a focus on practical steps and understanding feelings.

She draws on client-centred therapy to help people notice their own thoughts and feelings. This approach encourages the person to lead the conversation and to explore what matters to them. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try simple experiments to change them.

Mindfulness practices are introduced to help with overwhelming emotions and to build small habits of noticing. Psychodynamic ideas are used when it seems helpful to look at repeating patterns that come from earlier life events. Sessions aim to bring clarity about why certain reactions keep happening and what can be done about them.

Lauren often supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, compassion fatigue, grief and life changes. She also works with concerns such as attachment and abandonment, communication problems, chronic illness and caregiver stress, isolation and life purpose.

Her way of working is collaborative. She encourages honesty and curiosity in sessions and helps people find tools that fit their daily lives. To start, she asks people to sign up and complete a short matching questionnaire before arranging sessions based on availability.

How her approaches translate to online work

Lauren uses client-centred therapy to help people talk through what matters most to them, offering a listening style that encourages people to set the pace and topics. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is used to identify thinking patterns and test small changes that can ease symptoms such as anxiety or low mood. Mindfulness practices are introduced in short exercises to help with overwhelming feelings and to build simple daily routines.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs and then agree together which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and can be adjusted as progress is reviewed.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people practise techniques in their usual surroundings and bring everyday problems directly into sessions for real-time discussion.