Dr. Lara James, NCPS

Dr. Lara James is a counsellor in the United Kingdom who supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues. She also helps with depression, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, addiction concerns, grief and changes that come with parenting or career transitions. Dr. James holds NCPS credential and uses an integrative, person-centred approach to make sessions practical and responsive to each person's needs.

She describes her work as integrative counselling, drawing on humanistic, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural ideas. That means conversations focus on the person first, while also using tools and perspectives from different approaches when helpful. Sessions can include creative activities as well as talking, to open up new ways of working on difficult issues.

Her caseload has included people with neurodivergence such as high-functioning autism, and those affected by stalking, physical, psychological or sexual abuse. She also supports people dealing with work difficulties, unemployment, chronic health effects and the emotional impacts of crime. These are addressed through practical discussion, coping strategies and reflective work.

Dr. James has three years of experience and is a member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society, recorded as NCPS. Her registration is presented as NCPS only. She works in English and based in the United Kingdom.

To begin, clients use the site Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire. Scheduling then follows according to therapist availability and the subscription plan terms.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Dr James describes an integrative approach that draws on person-centred principles and on cognitive behavioural ideas. The person-centred element focuses on listening, building trust and helping people clarify what matters to them. Cognitive behavioural techniques introduce practical steps and exercises to change unhelpful patterns of thinking and behaviour, useful for anxiety, low mood and some intimacy concerns.

She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns from a longer-term perspective and to help people understand repeated emotional responses. These perspectives can be combined with creative exercises that encourage different ways of expressing and working through difficult feelings. Determining which mix will help most is part of the early work and is decided together with the client.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example avoiding travel time or fitting a shorter check-in into a work break. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose approaches and session rhythms that suit each person's goals and circumstances. Confirm the current online session options before booking, as specific formats are not stated here.