Laura Southwick
BA, MSc, MBACP

Psychodynamic Psychotherapist

Are you tired of feeling like you're waiting for your real life to start?

Let's see if we're a good fit.

The first step is often the hardest. Book a no-obligation, 15-minute chat to discuss what brings you to therapy and how my psychodynamic approach can help.

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You might be looking for therapy if you have...

Ambition Anxiety: The constant fear of failure, the dread of making the 'wrong' career move, or feeling behind your peers.

Dating Fatigue & Attachment Anxiety: Why do you keep choosing the same unavailable partners? Navigating commitment fears, or feeling overwhelmed by intimacy.

Mid-Twenties Identity Crisis: Feeling lost, struggling with low self-worth, or experiencing the post-graduate slump where you realise life doesn't have a syllabus anymore.

People-Pleasing & Boundary Setting Issues: The exhaustion of always putting others first and the inability to say 'no,' leading to resentment and burnout.

About Me

I am a registered member of the BACP with an MSc in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Counselling from Birkbeck.

My clinical expertise is uniquely complemented by my professional background, which includes over 10 years of experience working in demanding sectors such as financial services, law, and executive recruitment. This experience gives me a unique and practical understanding of the specific pressures that fuel anxiety, burnout, and self-doubt in professional life, allowing me to know firsthand the complexities of striving for success while trying to maintain emotional balance.

While my professional history offers specific insight into work-related stress and the anxious achiever, my practice is not limited to corporate challenges. I work with a broad range of presenting problems, addressing the deep emotional roots of issues such as persistent anxiety, relationship patterns, life transitions, and grief.

My aim is to help you gain a deeper understanding of the emotional challenges impacting your life and keeping you feeling stuck. In our sessions, I provide a confidential and empathetic space to explore the past experiences and underlying patterns that may be affecting your decisions today so we can work together towards greater self-awareness, sustainable emotional well-being, and authentic change.