Laurel Deegan, BACP

Laurel Deegan is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and identity concerns. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Laurel focuses on seeing each person as an individual and works alongside them to clarify what matters most.

She uses an integrative approach, drawing on different methods to suit the person's needs. Much of her work starts from a person-centred, client-led place where the person's experience guides the session. That means listening closely and following what feels most useful in the moment.

Laurel helps people increase awareness of their past and present relationships, and how those patterns shape feelings and choices. She supports people who want to better understand their identity, sexuality, gender dysphoria, or difficulties that come from attachment and communication problems. She also works with issues such as obsessive thoughts, compulsions, seasonal low mood, and self-harm concerns.

Practical tools come from approaches such as cognitive behavioural ideas, acceptance and commitment strategies, and mindfulness skills. These are blended with an attachment focus and a person-centred stance to suit each person's goals. The sessions aim to make difficult patterns clearer and to build steps people can try between meetings.

Laurel practises in the United Kingdom and works in English. She has five years of experience and uses her BACP membership as a professional reference point. To begin, people follow the site's matching steps and then arrange sessions that fit their schedule.

How Laurel's approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings and to take small, values-led steps despite them. It can help when anxiety, low mood or uncertainty about identity get in the way of everyday life. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical exercises to test and change unhelpful patterns. It is often useful for anxiety, obsessive thinking and depressive mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Laurel works collaboratively to identify what methods fit a person's goals and preferences. She will discuss options and adapt techniques so the work feels relevant and manageable for the individual.

Please confirm current session options before booking as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people try mindfulness and behavioural tasks between meetings and brings continuity when circumstances change. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists can guide which format will best match needs and practical constraints.