Lauren Burns, BACP

Lauren Burns approaches therapy with a focus on helping people embrace their full story and build self-compassion. With four years of clinical experience in private practice and as a volunteer counsellor in the NHS, she offers an integrative, client-centered way of working that adapts to each person’s needs. Lauren specialises in anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and life transitions, and often works with young adults navigating these challenges.

Her practice draws on person-centered, existential and psychodynamic methods to explore patterns, meaning and underlying emotional difficulties. Lauren aims to create a non-judgmental space where clients can work at a comfortable pace, identify strengths, and uncover the roots of ongoing struggles such as trauma, grief, or difficulties with intimacy and attachment. She also supports people facing issues like addiction, parenting challenges, career concerns and compassion fatigue.

As a BACP member - part of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - Lauren follows professional standards for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK. Her style is collaborative and compassionate, focused on equipping people with practical coping strategies and insights they can use outside of sessions. Lauren seeks to help clients become more self-sufficient, building confidence to manage life’s ups and downs with greater clarity and resilience.

Lauren works with international clients but is not currently accepting new clients. Whenever someone is ready to begin, she is prepared to support them through that process.