Trauma-sensitive Cognitive Hypnotherapist - NLP - Somatic Practitioner - PSYCH-K® Facilitator - Attachment Lens

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Hello, I’m Laura.

I am a healing arts practitioner trained as a Cognitive Hypnotherapist, NeuroLinguistic Programming Practitioner (NLP), PSYCH-K® Facilitator and Somatic Movement Educator.

Through trauma-sensitive guided trance work and somatic integration, I support people to move past blockages, self-sabotaging beliefs and behaviours, to let go of the resentments and the stories that no longer serve them.

My practice as a Bodyworker and Somatic Movement Educator are great allies in helping me work from an embodied place and with an understanding of nervous system (dys)regulation. This supports integrated, embodied and lasting transformation.

I’m trained in Carmen Spagnola’s Trauma-sensitive facilitation method (levels 1-3) weaving attachment, somatics, and justice. I am committed to creating a safe and inclusive space and actively welcome all people.

My approach is also influenced by Hakomi, a mindfulness and somatic based approach to psychotherapy that centres Loving Kindness, fostering a safe and nurturing environment for the therapeutic process to unfold.

As someone who has experienced multiple heath complexities, I’m forever curious about the relationship and interactions between our emotional states, nervous system function, and our immune system - also know as psychoneuroimmunology - and how we can use brain plasticity and nervous system regulation to support greater regulation, symptom management and healing.

My approach is transpersonal, meaning that we work on physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels, guided by your needs and sensibilities.

Walking along this path takes much courage. I honour this deeply in all those that I work with.

I support clients on a short, medium, and long term basis.

Please feel free to book in a no-commitment discovery call if you’d like to decide whether my approach might be a good fit.

>Read about my training, therapeutic educational background and manner of approach

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I offer a professional and confidential service in a warm, quiet and therapeutic environment.

I work with clients on a short to long term basis. Some people may only need just a handful of sessions. Others may want to work more deeply and for longer together. We meet weekly or fortnightly initially, with more spaciousness an option later in the process, for on-going support and accountancy if desired.

We work at a speed that feels good for you and I incorporate:

  • Cognitive Hypnotherapy - from a framework of Evolutionary Psychology, Positive Psychology, Cognitive theory and NLP

  • Somatic Practice from a Polyvagal perspective for nervous system regulation and re-patterning

  • Parts work

  • on-going reflection and integration, based in mindful somatic therapy

  • Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

  • PSYCH-K®

  • homework, including bespoke recordings

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I work online and in person and offer support with:

  • low self-esteem

  • stress & anxiety

  • attachment & inner child wounding

  • embracing change and life transitions

  • low mood and negative self-talk

  • resentment - forgiveness work

  • nervous system regulation - from a polyvagal perspective

  • managing pain and chronic health conditions

  • dysregulated eating

  • fears & phobias

  • stopping smoking

Pricing:

I have a sliding scale rate of £90 - £110 per session online or face to face.

Clients are invited to select a rate that feels appropriate for them/their situation.

We work either weekly or fortnightly, whichever suits you and your process best.

The first session lasts up to 90 minutes. We take time to discuss your personal histories, the aims you have for this process, and any pertinent information to support our work going forward.

Other sessions last 70-80mins

Payments for sessions are requested within 24 hours of the session taking place. 

Lower-cost sessions:

I hold a small number of low-cost sessions for those on low income.

Please note that I currently have online availability for low cost sessions.

Please reach out if you would like to discuss this.

Access:

Please note that whilst my office is on the ground floor, there is a step to get into the building and the bathroom is only accessible via a steep flight of stairs with no handrail.

I have experience of working with blind and visually impaired clients and all my intake forms are available in larger print.

Please reach out with any access questions.

I abide by the Social Model of Disability.which posits that people are disabled by barriers in society, not by their impairment or condition.

  • Testomonial

    I came to Laura with some long standing patterns that I wanted to shift, to help me with my emotional regulation in my relationship and motherhood. Laura's presence and gentle yet very insightful nature immediately allowed me to feel comfortable and helped me go into what I needed very quickly. I was amazed at how quickly I responded to and enjoyed hypnotherapy and could feel the somatic work releasing long standing tension. Laura is incredibly skilful at sharing her knowledge of how the physical body holds onto these patterns. I always felt very included in the process and in control of the direction of conversation as Laura always checked carefully her understanding and never assumed.

    I would come away from session with a sense of peace that I do not get from every day life and she taught me to how to hold onto these feelings and to do exercises that have helped me to continue practicing a new sense of calm, boundaries and safety for myself.

    January 2026

  • Testimonial

    I came to Laura in a state of burn out and collapse. Younger aspects of myself had done the best they could but were using outdated coping mechanisms and beliefs that were pulling in different directions. I spent years repeating and retraumatizing myself not knowing life to be any different and once the menopause hit I had run out of energy to continue operating in this way. Previous talking therapies had helped me to understand my behavior but I didn't seem to be able to feel or be any different. 

    Through hypnotherapy, visualising exercises, somatic healing, Qi Gong, tapping and movement Laura gently guided me through my inner landscape, retrieving lost, ignored and forgotten aspects of myself. To go into this uncomfortable darkness is not easy work but to have someone else there with a torch made it possible to start making repairs. She bore witness to my younger selves and helped me give them the compassion they were screaming out for. Without getting bogged down in the weeds of the past she encouraged me to find glimmers of magic in the everyday, visualise how I want to show up in the world and celebrate the incremental changes. 

    Together we built a bespoke tool kit of activities to soothe my nervous system and attend to and make enquiries with my younger selves.

    I am now feeling more comfortable in my own skin, I attend to my own needs, can feel boundaries and make choices for my future with a newfound sense of self allegiance.

    January 2026

  • Client Testimonial

    'My sessions with Laura were very unique - offering such a personalised set of tools and experiences to deeply reflect and immerse myself into the hidden patterns of my body's history. She carefully guided me to unexpected places where I could see, feel and understand the root of repeated patterns in my life. It was extraordinary how simple it felt and yet profound in what it offered me to shift what I needed to change in my life. I am immensely grateful to Laura'. S.B. 10/2024

  • Client Testimonial

    ‘I’ve found much has shifted for me over the short time I’ve been working with Laura particularly with deeply held patterns of behaviour that felt ingrained including some quite paralysing and painful anxiety. Laura offered deeply considered invitations and I felt completely safe and unpressured in my sessions. After five sessions, I’m sleeping well, and I feel calmer, freer and lighter. I am now able to balance the challenges of my life easefully and steadily without being thrown off course. Thank you.’ - L.C

  • Client Testimonial

    ‘Laura was very encouraging and nurturing. I felt truly heard which helped me open up and get to the root of the problem. She took me through a process to improve my confidence which was very helpful and her words certainly impacted me. After the session, I felt as though something had lifted. The effect continued and I now have greater self belief and am moving forward with much more confidence. I would highly recommend Laura as a hypnotherapist. Thank you Laura!’ - M.N

  • Client Testimonial

    I found the work I did with Laura to be a deft balance between: (1) the bespoke delivery of techniques and conversational themes that suit me, and (2) the introduction of or guidance towards new practices which are both challenging and necessary. Laura’s intelligence and breadth of knowledge are very impressive, yet she applies this with razor sharp focus and purpose. Despite her knowledge she remains curious, listening intently and trusting your experience. I consistently had the impression that she was thoroughly prepared for our sessions; she was regularly able to draw upon something I may have said months prior in order build a coherent and clear picture to issues where I cannot. 

    October 2025

- Scope of Practice -

My therapeutic practice is guided by clear guidelines and ethics. As a member of the NCH and QCHPA there are certain individuals who I cannot work with. My work should not be considered a substitute for adequate medical supervision or emergency mental health support

I’m afraid I’m not able to work with you if you have ever been diagnosed with the following conditions:

  •  Epilepsy

  •  Psychosis, Personality Disorder, Bi-Polar Disorder, Schizophrenia

  •  Narcolepsy