Lauren Stone, BACP

Lauren Stone is an integrative counsellor practising at Our Mindful Counsellor and is registered with the BACP - the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists, a UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists. She provides a warm, compassionate space where adults can bring their concerns and work through difficulties using evidence-informed approaches tailored to each person. Lauren focuses on helping people process events and patterns that hold them back, encouraging self-understanding and a kinder relationship with themselves.

Her practice draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which examines thinking patterns and offers practical skills to relieve symptoms while exploring how beliefs began. She also uses client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s perspective, supporting clearer awareness of feelings and choices rather than directing outcomes. Psychodynamic work helps uncover recurring patterns rooted in past experiences, including moments when feelings are redirected toward the therapist, which can reveal how those patterns affect current relationships.

Lauren has ten years of experience supporting adults with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, depression, and related challenges. She views each person as the expert on their story and helps them mobilize their strengths. Taking the first step can take courage, and Lauren aims to make that step feel supported and understandable.

Therapeutic approaches and online working with Lauren Stone

Lauren Stone integrates several therapeutic approaches that translate well to online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and introduces practical skills to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day coping; it is often used for anxiety, low mood, and stress. Client-centered therapy emphasizes the person’s own perspective and strengths, offering a non-directive space to explore feelings and choices so clients can build self-understanding and independence. Psychodynamic therapy explores recurring patterns and earlier experiences that influence present relationships, helping to bring hidden dynamics into awareness and gently examine how they show up now.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Lauren works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts the plan over time as progress is made. Registered professionals and therapists can offer different tools, and Lauren aims to match those tools to the individual.

Online therapy with Lauren is available by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or limited mobility. These options increase flexibility and accessibility, allowing clients to engage in therapy from locations that work best for them while maintaining a consistent therapeutic relationship.