Laura Bratley, BACP

Therapy approaches you can try online

Laura commonly uses a client-centred approach that places the person’s experience at the heart of each session. This means sessions begin with listening and understanding, and then move at the client’s pace toward goals that matter to them.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with more useful ways of responding. CBT is often used for anxiety, panic and social fears because it breaks problems into clear, manageable steps.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills are offered when intense emotions or repeated distressing reactions get in the way of daily life. DBT techniques focus on emotional regulation, distress tolerance and improving how people relate to others.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them as progress is made.

Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls let people work face to face from different locations, phone sessions need less internet bandwidth, live chat suits brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options give flexibility in timing and format while keeping the focus on practical progress.