My name is Laura Smart and I am a qualified Trauma-Informed Practitioner. I created London Counselling and Consultancy after years of working in management in the charity sector coordinating counselling and mentoring services, creating and delivering mentoring programmes, workshops and training sessions for schools, young people, adults, and professionals, managing teams, and being engulfed in admin, end-of-month reports and emails!
I decided I wanted to work for myself, create my own business, and work more in line with my values and passion for helping people struggling with poor mental health - resulting in unhealthy behaviour patterns and addictions.
I am a qualified counsellor (Gestalt, CBT, REBT, DBT) and group facilitator with extensive experience in helping people and their families struggling with addiction and alcoholism. I offer private one-to-one counselling and therapy, group work, inner child therapy, aftercare, and online groups and programmes to help people recover and have a life worth living. I also help people access treatment, overcome active addiction, and find lasting recovery.
Alongside my private practice and consultancy in London, I am also based in several residential rehabilitation treatment centres in the UK and Spain, providing 1-2-1 therapy, group work, online groups and aftercare programmes.
I am passionate about people's emotional well-being and recovery and breaking down the stigma attached to mental health and addictions.
I am trained in and influenced by several approaches to therapy such as Gestalt (working with the whole- body, mind and spirit), CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy), REBT (Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy), Inner Child Therapy, Release Therapy, Mindfulness and Hypnotherapy. I am familiar with and use the 12 Steps and SMART Recovery models where appropriate when working with addictions.
The areas I work with include:
addictions (substance abuse and alcoholism, food, behavioural, internet, social media, gambling, shopping, relationships, sex, porn, hoarding, work).
aftercare sessions for groups, individuals, couples and families leaving rehab and treatment.
stress, anxiety and general mental health and well-being
anger management
trauma and abuse (sexual, emotional, psychological, physical, spiritual)
couples counselling, codependency and relationship difficulties
young people and adolescents
inner child therapy
emotional energy release
I work with a diverse range of clients, long and short-term; to explore and identify unresolved childhood experiences now resulting in unhealthy behaviours and patterns that are painful, destructive and impacting the present.
Feel free to call me on 07522 66 69 29 for further details or to arrange a free telephone consultation using the contact section.
