Laura Scotland

Laura Scotland is a creative psychotherapist registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She works in a person-centred way and gives people space to lead sessions with what feels most important to them. She gently offers options to process things with words or through creative exercises like mark making, movement, and metaphors. She aims to meet people with respect, sensitivity and compassion.

Laura has three years of practice supporting people with stress and anxiety. She also helps with family difficulties, grief and coping with loss. People come to her for help with motivation, self-esteem and confidence, and for managing the strain of life changes.

Her approach is practical and tailored. In the first meeting she listens to what someone wants to work on, and then plans sessions around those goals. That could mean talking some sessions and using creative activities in others. The emphasis is on what helps the individual make sense of their experience.

She also supports people dealing with attachment issues, body image concerns, cancer-related challenges, and the effects of domestic violence. Other areas she addresses include guilt and shame, loneliness, finding life purpose, social anxiety and workplace stress.

Sessions combine practical reflection with creative expression. Laura aims to help people build coping skills and find clearer ways to move forward. She encourages taking small steps and adapts her style to each person’s needs.

How creative, person-centred work fits online

Laura uses a person-centred creative approach that gives people room to choose what to work on each session. That means sessions can focus on talking when that helps, or use creative activities such as mark making, movement prompts and metaphors to process feelings and memories. These methods aim to help with stress, anxiety, grief and changes in life.

She also draws on practical techniques to build coping skills and boost self-esteem. Those techniques are used alongside the creative tasks to address things like family difficulties, social anxiety and workplace strain. Deciding which mix to use is part of the therapy process and will be agreed collaboratively with the person in early sessions.

If you are considering online therapy, please confirm the exact session formats before booking since the biography does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Some people find audio-only sessions require less bandwidth and feel less demanding, while others prefer to include visual or movement-based exercises when possible. The therapist will discuss what suits your needs and adapt activities so they work in the chosen session type.