Lawrence Reed
Humanistic Integrative Counselling
Welcome to a safe, respectful, and confidential space.
My Story
I am an experienced counsellor helping clients with a variety of issues from anxiety, depression, and bereavement, to low self-esteem, relationship issues and life dissatisfaction. From experiencing the benefits and life changing opportunities of therapy myself, I work with clients from an empathetic and non-judgemental place, allowing the authentic and whole self to be experienced.
How can therapy help you?
The therapeutic environment offers a safe, respectful, and confidential space, where you are encouraged to explore your feelings and share your world, working together with me in a calm, non-judgemental, and professional setting.
Areas of Specialism
Addictive Behaviours
We live in a time where so many of us find ourselves affected by addictive or patterned behaviours. This isn't always addictions to substances or alcohol, it can also be addictions to food, fitness, social media, consumerism, sex, gaming.
Whatever the behavior, therapy can help you understand what lies behind it, and offers the opportunity to lessen its hold over you so you can once again take control, and feel free.
Neurodivergence
Neurodiversity recognises that our brains are unique to us, and sometimes our brains are wired in ways that allow for non conventional thinking styles and behaviours. Confusing and scary, chaos, feeling out of control, are some words people with neurodivergence may use to describe their experience. It can be a tough, challenging and lonely path to navigate.
Therapy gives you a safe space to find 'you' and manage strategies that can help find balance, as you explore how neurodivergence is part of you but doesn't define you,
Sexuality & Gender
Both your sexual and gender preference are core parts of making you who you are. Sexuality and gender identity must be allowed to be expressed otherwise it stays trapped. But its energy remains alive and cannot be imprisoned. When nature is harnessed, it can lead to harmful, toxic, unhealthy behaviour affecting self and others.
Exploring your identity helps give you clarity and confidence, as you find authentic power and start the journey along the path nature always intended for you.
Persecution Trauma
Sadly our time is witnessing many groups of people, societies, cultures, and individuals facing the trauma of persecution, discrimination, and hate-related violence. Whether it's around religion, sexual orientation, race, or political beliefs. To be victimised can cause hurt, shame, guilt, and long lasting mental trauma.
Therapy offers an opportunity to voice the pain, the anger, the hopelessness, in a safe space that is non-judgemental and where you are respected and valued as a human being that has a right to freedom.
ABOUT ME
I am Lawrence Reed, and I am a qualified counsellor trained in the Humanistic, Integrative approach. I use aspects from a varied group of theories to bespoke and personalise the therapeutic blend that is right for you.
NCPS Accredited Member
BACP Registered Member
Making initial contact can feel difficult. This is the first step of your journey. Would you like to explore further? Contact me for an initial conversation
(no fee).
"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
Dr Wayne Dyer