Lauren Stone

Lauren Stone at Our Mindful Counsellor offers a warm, confident and compassionate space for adults to discuss their concerns and difficulties. She is an integrative counsellor registered with the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP), brings ten years of experience to her practice, and is a female, older, non-religious, liberal therapist.

The therapeutic approaches used aim to help people process difficult events that are preventing them from reaching their full potential and to foster greater understanding and compassion for themselves.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) works by identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and teaching practical skills to reduce symptoms before exploring how underlying beliefs developed. CBT can clarify the links between emotions, thoughts and behaviour and uses targeted techniques to support improved well-being.

Person-Centred Therapy encourages exploration of beliefs, feelings and present difficulties, increasing awareness of why certain emotions and behaviours occur. The approach rests on acceptance and honest engagement from the counsellor, who seeks to see the world from the client’s perspective. This encourages clients to bring their difficulties into sessions and to build independence rather than being directed by the counsellor.

Psychodynamic Therapy aims to identify the roots of recurring patterns of thought and behaviour that may be connected to past events. Sessions may include discussion of transference, where feelings from significant life experiences are redirected toward the counsellor. These moments can reveal how past patterns affect current relationships and enable exploration of their present impact.

Lauren has experience supporting people with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and depression. She believes that clients are the experts of their own stories and that their existing strengths can help them work through challenges. Taking the first step to begin therapy is recognised as an act of courage.