Miss Laura Alonso Mira , BSc

My training is integrative and includes person‑centred, psychodynamic, cognitive behavioural and existential approaches. I have also undertaken further training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). While I draw on different models, my work is primarily informed by psychodynamic, attachment and trauma‑informed thinking. In practice this means paying attention to emotional patterns, relationship dynamics and how earlier experiences may continue to shape the present. We may also explore the meanings you have come to attach to certain experiences or feelings, and how these influence the way you relate to yourself and others. Alongside developing insight and understanding, therapy can also involve finding new ways of responding to difficult thoughts and feelings, identifying what truly matters to you so that your actions feel more aligned with the life you want to live. I have also undertaken a range of additional training and professional development, including areas such as trauma, sexual and relationship abuse, sex therapy and clinical supervision. I engage in ongoing supervision and continued professional development as part of maintaining reflective and ethical practice. I aim to create a space where you do not feel judged or required to filter yourself, and where parts of you that may feel contradictory, ashamed, uncertain or overwhelmed can be explored openly.