About Laura Seward
I offer an eclectic relational mind-body-being approach drawing from 20+ years of clinical and general experience with training in many different modalities. Based in the UK but practicing internationally (via Zoom), as well as bespoke intensive pieces of work where we can travel to meet in person for a mutually tailored approach. Children, Teens, Adults, Individuals and Couples....
I have been privileged to work across a broad spectrum of life experience, particularly in the realm of complex relational trauma (cPTSD), complex bereavement, neurodiversity. Wider political interests include abuse of power, intersectionality, and harm in therapeutic relationships. My personal experience covers trauma healing, TCK life, several iterations of the dark night of the soul, the complex journey of navigating chronic illness, many layers/ approaches to illness/ pain recovery including nervous system regulation, stabilisation, somatic inquiry, deep trauma processing and integration, as well as general medical health advocacy. My approach focusses on establishing relational safety and autonomy, internal ethical consent, meeting the intelligence of the body-mind-being system exactly where its at....
My work experience has covered many charities, educational institutes, health services, prisons and specialist trauma centres, as well as private practice which welcomes all identities and intersections of humankind including low income and homelessness, refugees, TCKs, celebrities, political actors, and those in positions of power or with high profile public platforms and/ or criminal cases…. In other words, it doesn’t matter what your story, your identities, where you’ve been, where you are, what you’ve done or who you are, we will meet human to human. This is all we ever are at our core. Beautifully imperfect humans.
Working with me involves collaboratively tuning into your inner wisdom, which means a session could look like talking, dancing, walking and talking, guided somatic breathwork, bodywork/ movement/ play, stillness, meditation, silence, laying in rest, emotional expression (in any and every which way), somatic inquiry for emotional repression, inner child work, IFS parts work, doodling/ creative art expression on a shared screen, and, particularly for any neurodivergent/ autistic/ AuDhd/ ADHD-ers, if psychoeducation, planning and/ or cognitive approach is the way forward, screen on/ off, moving, fidgeting, all is welcome and together we’ll find the rhythm/ structure that works for you.
If you feel curious about working together we can arrange a free 20-30 min initial call to explore where you’re at, what you need, or what approach might be helpful. If availability doesn’t allow, or it doesn’t feel like working together is good fit for now, I can usually help with ideas about who/where or what might be.... If my conscession spaces are full, I will always aim to help direct those on low income toward resources/ help/ support that is more accessible, please ask.
My training, work experience and any achievement
- MSc Advanced Counselling and Psychotherapy
- MA Human Rights and Global Ethics
- ABC Advanced Diploma in Person Centred Therapy
- CPCAB Certificate in Person Centred Therapy
- Cert Biodynamic Breathwork for Trauma Release (BBTRS)
- IFS and Somatic Parts Work
- Certified Play Therapist
- Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
- TA 101 (Introduction to Transactional Analysis)
- Certificate in Female Sexual Abuse
- Suicide Risk Assessment
- Rape Crisis Training
- Critical Incident Debriefing
- Complex Bereavement; Adults and Children
- Palliative Care; End of life transition
- Working with boundaries
- Child Abuse/ Sexual Abuse
- Certificate in Supervision
- Group Supervision
- LSCB Safeguarding Children
- Common Assessment Framework and Lead Professional Practitioner Training
Over 20+ years, trainings and experience accumulate, but this list is not a reflection of my competence or suitability to work with you, this will need to come from your felt sense and intuition. I am no expert,. I’ll help accompany you on your journey if that could be of support to you, but I will only ever be imperfectly human.
Other concerns & issues I deal with
Therapy Provides
- Counselling
- Relationship Counselling
- Couples Therapy
- Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic Therapy
- Psychotherapy
- Supervision
- Breathwork
- Online Counselling
- Psychotherapy
- Hypnotherapy
- etc.
- Sandplay Therapy
- Stress Management
Price List
- Counselling: £85/session
- Psychotherapy: £85/session
- Supervision: £125/session
- Breathwork: £150/session
- Online Counselling, Psychotherapy, Hypnotherapy, etc.: £85/session
- Sandplay Therapy: £85/session
- Stress Management: £85/session
Special Online Booking Offers
Fees start from £85 per session depending on the individual case and circumstances, travel, admin etc.
A reduced fee is available in certain circumstances.
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