Face to Face and Online Therapy
Providing a space where you can explore and make sense of yourself and your place in the world.
Based in the Cotswolds and Oxfordshire, and working across the UK via online and telephone sessions.
Laura Roberts Therapy
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What brings you here today?
It can help to think about therapy in the same way that we think about going to the gym. For some people, the motivation is driven by some sort of crisis. We've put on a few too many pounds and our clothes no longer fit. Or our blood pressure has crept higher than we've ever seen it. So we renew our membership, lace up our trainers and do something about it. The same process can happen with our mental health. A relationship breakdown. The loss of a job. The loss of a loved one. And so we turn to therapy to talk and make sense of the emotions we're feeling.
For others, therapy is as much a part of a healthy lifestyle as yoga classes, twice weekly weights sessions and eating a rainbow diet. For this group of people, the weekly therapy session can be about unpacking the baggage that we all carry with us - the childhood trauma, toxic relationships, limiting self beliefs. Working on these issues gives us an understanding of why we do what we do, and feel how we feel. Making sense of ourselves helps us to grow and make positive changes. And when a major life event hits - as they inevitably do - we're in a much better position to face it.
How I work
My training is rooted in the work of Carl Rogers, the founder of person centred counselling. This approach places the client, and their lived experience, at the centre of the therapeutic relationship. It focuses on providing a safe, non-judgemental space in which emotions can be explored. Whilst this humanistic approach provides a foundation to my practice, I work in an integrative manner, drawing upon aspects of psychodynamic therapy in order to explore patterns of behaviour, or CBT in order to establish new patterns of thinking. I've worked with a broad client base including adolescents and adults, dealing with issues including anxiety, stress and major life changes. No two clients are the same, and as such, my approach is personalised to the person sitting in front of me.
If you have any questions, or would like more information on how we could work together, please get in touch.
What next?
The most important aspect of therapy is the relationship between client and therapist. So that you can get a feel for how we could work together, I offer a free 30 minute session where we can discuss what's brought you to therapy, and what you'd like to get out of it. If, after this, you'd like to continue we can then arrange our weekly sessions.
I work online and over the phone, or can provide face to face sessions in Oxford and Stow on the Wold. Online and phone sessions are charged at £55 per hour. Face to face sessions are charged at £70 per hour. A discount of 10% is offered for block bookings of ten sessions or if you are a student. I also offer additional discounts for student counsellors completing their mandatory therapy hours. Please contact me for details.
About me
As is the case with many therapists, I came to my practice after experiencing the transformative power of talking therapy. I spent my twenties and early thirties working in the media industry, before spending some time as a business owner. My time in therapy increased my self-awareness, allowing me to see my relationships with others through a new lens, and causing me to question some of the limiting self-beliefs I held. Such was its effect that I sold my business and set about retraining, gaining a Level 2 in Counselling Skills, Level 3 in Counselling Studies and finally an FdSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
I have worked with a variety of clients, from adolescents struggling with the pressures of exams and the impact of social media, to NHS staff navigating role transitions, and young people finding their place in the world. I also have experience of working with neuro-diverse clients and the challenges that they face.
You can find out more about me, and my qualifications here.
