Stephanie Laythorpe

I offer both short- and long- term counselling to adults. Collaboratively, we will create a safe and non-judgemental space for you to explore your thoughts and feelings. We will work together to help you understand how you function in the world, build your sense of self-compassion and worth, and look at possible changes to improve your life and relationships.

As an integrative therapist, my approach is tailored to the needs and circumstances of each individual. We may focus on immediate challenges, improve awareness of ongoing patterns of behaviour, and/or examine how your past impacts your present. We will work together to help you heal from difficult life experiences and set you up for the future you wish for.

I have experience supporting clients with stress, bereavement, anxiety, relationship difficulties, family estrangement, depression, low self-esteem, sexual and emotional trauma. 

My training primarily integrates person-centred, existential and psychodynamic theories, though I draw on ideas and research from wider fields. The therapeutic relationship is at the heart of my practice. I am dedicated to my own continual learning and development and use both personal therapy and clinical supervision to support me in my work.

I am a qualified Â鶹ԭ´´ Counsellor and am educated to Masters level in Psychotherapy. I am currently completing a one-year accreditation programme to fully qualify as a UKCP Psychotherapist. I adhere to both the Â鶹ԭ´´ and UKCP codes of ethics.

Sessions are available online and last 50 minutes and cost £50.

If you are interested in working together, please get in touch and we can arrange a free 15-minute introductory phone or video call. 

In our first session, I will talk you through the therapeutic contract and we'll discuss how we might work together. I'll then ask you some questions about your current situation and about your history. Future sessions will be more led by you, though always with my support. We will review our work regularly to make sure that you are getting what you need from it.