Laura Portsmouth FdA, MBACP Integrative Humanistic Counselling in Farnborough

"I cannot explain how much having the option of walk and talk therapy helped me. I`d been struggling with past trauma for years, that was exacerbated by the lockdown. Zoom meetings were too formal and I found it very difficult to open up. Walking and talking about everything helped me massively. It was very relaxed and felt like a walk with a friend. A meeting on zoom or in a room with eye contact scared me. But while walking you don`t have to make eye contact unless you want to and it helped it feel less like the spotlight was on me. Without the option of walk and talk therapy and of course, Laura`s help and calm manner, I would still be dealing with that trauma today. She gave me my life back and I cannot thank her enough!"


"Before working with Laura I had never gone to any kind of counselling in the past and didn't know what to expect. I decided to seek help after my anxiety became progressively worse and I found I was struggling more and more to cope with these feelings. In our first sessions we were able to explore things from my past that I had never considered to be a big issue and link them to my ways of managing my stress in my current life. My experience was so insightful and allowed me to to see clearly how I had developed negative ways of dealing with stress. I have found my time working with Laura to be so empowering and it has helped me identify things about myself I never knew and it has empowered me enough to work towards a life I now know I want to pursue. I feel happier and healthier than I have done in a long time and I am excited to pursue my future with more confidence and less self doubt"

- the healing power of nature

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