Counsellor profile
Lauren Heenan, BACP, NCPS
Counsellor - stress and relationships
See online counselling options- Client-Centred Therapy
- CBT methods
- Peri-natal focus
About Lauren
Counsellor Lauren Heenan is a member of BACP and NCPS and has five years of professional practice in the United Kingdom. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and self-esteem, and lists peri-natal mental health among her interests. Lauren uses straightforward conversation to help people talk about what feels difficult right now.
Lauren prefers a conversational, client-centred way of working. That means sessions focus on the person's experience and what they want to change. She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to look at thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going. Solution-focused ideas help identify small steps that make a difference between sessions.
Her background includes work with people facing grief, coping with life changes, parenting strain and compassion fatigue. She notes experience with family-origin problems, blended family issues, fertility and fatherhood concerns, and separation or divorce. Lauren also supports people dealing with body image, guilt and shame, loneliness, jealousy and questions about life purpose.
Therapeutic conversations can cover panic attacks, postpartum depression and trauma-related symptoms. Sessions aim to explore patterns and practical ways to manage distress. Lauren invites people to set goals and review progress, using short-term strategies alongside deeper reflection.
People who want to begin fill in a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not accepted.
How therapeutic approaches are used online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and supporting the person's views of their situation. It helps when someone needs time to talk through feelings and decide what matters most to them.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for anxiety, panic and low mood and includes tasks to try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and then agree which methods to use. This is a collaborative process and plans can change as progress is made.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking as the profile does not list specific options. In general, online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work and family commitments. It can allow shorter check-ins, avoid travel time and make sessions possible from quieter surroundings. Registered or accredited professionals will explain practical arrangements and help set up a session pattern that suits daily life.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kind of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma, self-esteem and peri-natal mental health among other issues.
What approach does she use in sessions?
She works in a client-centred way and also draws on cognitive behavioural and solution-focused methods, plus psychodynamic ideas when relevant.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of professional experience in counselling work in the United Kingdom.
Which professional bodies is she listed with?
She is listed with BACP and NCPS as given in her profile.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions arranged and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What does someone do to start sessions?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.