Laura Lynas-Gray

Hello, my name is Laura. I am a qualified Psychotherapist and Counsellor.
I currently practise privately in Shoreditch and Islington, offering face-to-face and online sessions for adults.

Throughout their lives many people go through emotional and psychological difficulties. Psychotherapy can help to bring about change through conversations, in some instances to understand a particular and current challenge or symptom, and in others to explore one’s life more extensively. Psychotherapy can last a very short time or for a longer duration, depending upon one’s wishes and motivations towards developing and maintaining a more resilient and self-fulfilling life. Psychotherapy can help you to:

identify and access the inner and external resources available to you
recognise the choices you have and to implement change
enhance your problem-solving skills

My approach – is relational, exploratory and collaborative in working together with the individual towards understanding their current difficulties and patterns.

I work with clients who may have a sense of being stuck within holding patterns or contexts that are no longer purposeful, or who struggle with issues relating to identity, behaviours, emotions and thoughts. Clients may also feel estranged from themselves without knowing why, or who have trauma and relational concerns. I offer:

a skilled understanding from several listening perspectives
a non-judgemental and confidential environment
tools and techniques to support the management of symptoms and for facing challenges

My expertise and depth of understanding – is located within (but not limited to) the following:

identity issues
trauma-related concerns
relational difficulties
sexuality
neurodiversity
gender
influences on behaviour, thought and emotions
generational transmission of relational patterns

Training, qualifications & experience

Integrative Psychotherapist | B.Sci (Hons), MA (Distinction), MBACP reg, UKCP reg.

I am UKCP registered, MBACP registered. I abide by the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions and UKCP Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.

I have experience working with adults from a multiplicity of backgrounds with an emphasis on inclusion and diversity. I welcome clients of every gender, sexuality, ethnicity, race and disability. Other experience includes working with the NHS Health and Care Board and with progressive charities in London to reduce health inequalities, including leading neurodiversity research pilots across all London NHS Trusts. I also have fifteen years' experience in roles within the creative industries and cultural sector. I believe that all my past experiences have helped me become more attuned to various challenges and difficulties in life and in the understanding of clients from a variety of backgrounds.

Fees

Individual therapy: £80 per session (50min)
Concessions for students and low earners may be available.

Contact

You can contact me with general enquiries and/or if you wish to arrange an initial consultation. Contact can be made either via text, through the contact form on my website or by email and I will respond within 24 hours. I am also happy to have a brief conversation over the phone to answer any questions you may have before arranging a consultation and subsequent sessions.

Contact details
+44 (0)7305 067619
laura@bywordofmind.org
www.bywordofmind.org