These are verbal or written testimonials given to me about my work, from January 2023 up to October 25, 2025.
Improved self-awareness
“In the past I was so caught in my anxiety that I couldn’t think. But now, I can concentrate and be in the present moment”
“I feel like now I have a plan and now I know how to heal”
“Laura’s guidance helped me to identify and challenge negative thought patterns that were affecting my life and holding me back. Through her support, I learned new coping mechanisms and gained a greater understanding of myself and to enjoy life again. I’m now abTo do this week:
“before I always felt I had to react and justify. Now bit by bit I feel like I’m getting more control over my futur and I’m able to approach challenges and deal with my situation with more confidence and resilience.”
“In the sessions, you go right into it and into the essence of my experience and I can really feel the benefits in my life. I feel safe and comfortable talking to you”.
“After sessions I feel relieved. Before I couldn’t express emotions as I was taught it was a sign of weakness. I’ve come to realise this isn’t the case and I feel better for it.”
“From therapy I have a better understanding of myself and more about what the challenges are. I’m more able to understand my triggers and what sets me off. I used to be overly prepared for everything and would take everything personally. Now I’m not taking everything personally”.
First time having therapy
“This was the first time I have ever done therapy. It was eye-opening. I’m really seeing improvement after working through some challenges I had. When I think about them now, they don’t affect me in the same way. I was really happy with the sessions, and I can smile again and be happy in my life.I know myself better and I am I trust myself more. Six months ago, I was afraid of my emotions and trusting them and I was listening more to what others told me to do”
“From sessions with Laura I have more perspective on my experience and am more reflective. I am more aware of my thought patterns and handling things better. I feel I have more choice.”
“I never understood what would need to happen for me to feel better – I have learnt so much about the way I cope with things now and the sessions have really helped me work out exactly what I need to do in order to feel better and be more in touch with my experience”.
“I still have moment of anxiety but I am coping with it better and I’m learning to allow myself to live again”.
“I am coping better with my anxiety. I feel more capable to deal with things as they come”.
“Thanks once again for all your help. I’ve made some really big changes in my life. I can honestly say that I’ve never been happier”.
“when I first came all my thoughts were all over the place and I was really stressed out. I wanted to talk and make sense of it all. When you speak about your emotions and thoughts, things get clearer. All the thoughts are in a straight line now”.
“I’ve been discovering more in counselling how I work. I’m being more reflective in the way I’m doing things. I’m feeling more in control and making informed decisions. Bit by bit I feel like I’m more in control of my future”.
“It was great to speak freely without being judged. Talking with Laura helped me to realise what happened was not my fault. I need to forgive myself.”
Improved mental health
“Since getting help from Laura, my mental health is much more stable, and I’m coping much better than I was before.”
“You allowed me to feel seen for the first time in 45 years”.
“After talking about it I feel better physically and mentally”.
“From doing counselling with Laura, I had a greater sense of well-being and understanding and calm. She is a great listener. I’ve got stuff off my chest and spoke about stuff that there is no way I would speak to a mate about. She asks very good questions and guides the conversation and it was good to have structure to working through things. Laura seems to be very sane and I met other psychologists who gave up on me and could not take the gory details which I needed to share”.
“It has taken me 20 years to talk about it”.
“I am doing really well. The work that we did together and that I did with your help has substantially improved my life and relationships”.
“Sometimes I don’t know why I do things and the counselling has really helped me to talk and discover myself more. I felt that I could not control my thoughts and my reactions and I was paralysed by them. I don’t have the intrusive thoughts anymore that I used to have that led me to panic. I could not understand my feelings and I feel out of control, but now I am much more able to work out what is happening, manage myself and my emotions, and I am more able to be present in my life”
“I feel better in my thought processes. I’m back to myself and focussing on things that are good for me”.
“I can see the difference in how I relate to other people. I’m so encouraged because I can recognise my progress.”
“Laura is absolutely amazing. She is very organized and works in a highly structured manner.
This means that she is continuously evaluating the progress achieved during sessions, thereby making sure that the client truly benefits.
Additionally, she includes some body and breath work in the sessions which makes me connect with my emotions on a deeper level, beyond thoughts and words.
After having had a very bad experience with another therapist, it took me some time to trust, but Laura managed to work through that with a lot of compassion.
Not only that, but, so far, the number of sessions I have had with her is a fraction of those that I had with the other therapist but we have already made way more progress, due to Laura‘s high empathy, her experience and high competence regarding trauma and her ability to see my situation for what it is.
For the very first time, I feel that my trauma and all the abuse I have gone through as well as the impact they have had on me are seen, that finally, my experiences are validated and that I am not gaslit anymore.
That is why I am confident that, taking it from this point, we can continue working effectively on my issues and that I‘ll finally be equipped with the tools that I need in order to protect myself.“
Reduced anxiety
“I came to Laura for multiple sessions so she could help me to overcome my anxious attachment style in dating. I was really struggling with a lot of over-thinking and feeling unsafe in my relationships. Laura took me through specialised exercises and coaching to change my mindset and build my confidence back up. I’m happy to see that there have been noticeable improvements in my mental health with less anxiety overall, thanks to our sessions. She’s an excellent psychologist who’s easy to talk to, so I would absolutely recommend her.”
“Before coming to therapy, I was carrying baggage from the past and things were hard. I felt a lot of tension in my body and I couldn’t relax into life. Since then, I can feel the progress. I’ve been more able handle things and I don’t get as affected by every day challenges of life.
I feel better equipped to handle anxiety, and I’m more able to manage it now, and depending less on other people for what I need emotionally. I’m in a much better place internally, and it has affected the way I work and relate to people in a healthy way”
“Through therapy, I have been making peace with the past.”
“Laura’s support has been invaluable in helping me get through a really difficult event in my life. Thankyou so much”.
“Therapy has really been eye opening. I became a lot less anxious and realised there was a link between my anxiety and the way I was treated by my mother. Seeing the link has helped me understand myself and I’ve realised why I wasn’t trusting myself. I’ve been building trust and realised I no longer need to be worried all the time. I’m not an anxious person anymore.”
“You’re the second therapist I saw. I found your sessions really helpful and I have really felt improvements over the time seeing you. Before I came I felt down and couldn’t feel good. Now I feel generally content and grateful. I feel I have more things to be grateful for. I’m takign care of myself more and I have learnt how to manage my anxiety better and feel a lot less anxiety overall.”
“I used to constantly feel ashamed. I was plagued by it. I would let thing spiral to the point I would destablise myself. Now I’m more able to put things into words and spend less time ruminating and picking apart social situations and I feel more sure of myself”.
Making progress
“Talking with Laura, I felt much calmer. It’s definitely what I needed”.
“I feel a sense of safety now that i’ve never felt before in my life. I’m now able to make decisions that are healthier for for me that I wasn’t able to do before.”
“Therapy helped me to be strong enough to make hard decisions. I would never have been able to do these things before. I’m now able to work out what I want and stand up for myself, and I’m glad”.
“I know myself better and I am I trust myself more. Six months ago, I was afraid of my emotions and trusting them and I was listening more to what others told me to do. From sessions with Laura I have more perspective on my experience and am more reflective. I am more aware of my thought patterns and handling things better. I feel I have more choice.”
“We have addressed a large number of things in counselling. When I came, my frame of mind was chaotic. Now I have fewer fears and stressors and I feel more stable”.
“Since doing therapy I can feel the progress I have made, especially around my boundaries dealing with people. I can see the difference in how I relate to other people and how much I am better at taking care of myself when I’m feeling emotional.
The biggest thing that has helped me with my procrastination was seeing Laura. I noticed that what I used to do wasn’t helping me. I think I’ve become more self-aware. I’m noticing when I procrastinate and I’m taking action – it’s not always easy and it can take longer… I’m but doing it. It almost feels good to start doing the tasks”.
“I feel like these sessions have been a really good use of my time”.
“It’s a relief I have overcome this fear. I’m so happy I did it.”
“The counselling has been really helpful. I haven’t been as reactive to the kids and can take a step back and not over react. Counselling has helped me understand what is going on and how I can build on these positive changes.”
“Laura helped me work through trauma from my childhood which was holding my back and affecting my ability to make decisions. I feel more free and confident now in what steps I need to take in my life.”
“After therapy, I can now deal with hard things and experience nice things. One thing that always reassures me is that I know I will always bounce back.”
“After previously seeing another therapist, I initially felt nervous about coming to the sessions, but since then I feel like you understand me and I look forward to coming. I am relieved to finally talk about things that have happened and see patterns in my life. It now feels refreshing and freeing to talk about things I kept to myself for years”.
“I have been doing therapy for years. This is the first time now that therapy has been truly helpful. The trauma work we did really made a difference and I’ve also been able to get clearer and let some things go. Laura’s questions have helped. I’m now more gentle with myself.”
Couples
“We are able to listen to each other more and I understand her a lot more after these sessions”.
“I’m now more compassionate towards my husband and able to be much more gentle with him in a way I wasn’t able to be before”
“We still have difficult moments, but when we argue it’s totally different and we recover much more quickly”.
“Finally we are able to speak about the things that are really difficult and find a way to better communication”.
“We used to have the same fight on repeat. We dont’ do this anymore. We’ve learnt so much about ourselves and our lives are so much better for it”.
“I was so confused as to why we never managed to resolve some conflicts. Now I can see the cycle we get caught in, and my part in it, and I can name it and manage to take a pause and calm down. We have less of these arguments, and we have more understanding of each other”.
“We are closer now than we’ve been in a long time. Learning to listen deeply changed everything.”
“These sessions have helped me understand myself and my wife better, and I feel more able to relate in a less defensive way”.
“We were not talking about important things, and ended up arguing about stuff when other things were not resolved. Now we are able to speak to eachother and have important conversations and this has really made our relationship better”.
“Through these sessions, I’m confident that we both want to make things right and he is listening. We know what we need to do to improve and we have been improving. I feel like through these sessions, my voice has been heard and he has been really trying and now he is more aware and so am I, and I feel we are on a healthy path. And I’ve learnt that it’s really important to acknowledge,things that have happened and to move through them. I clearly made too many assumptions and now I think it’s important to communicate everything.”
“Before I was feeling hopeless about our relationship. Now I feel we are able to talk more honestly and have a better understanding of each other’s needs.”
“Things feel clearer and I feel relieved. We are both communicating more and I realise she really does care about me. I feel more confident that we are repairing things that have happened, and we are building a stronger relationship”.