About Laura
Laura Calabro is an HCPC-registered therapist who brings 14 years of clinical experience to her practice. She trained and practised in Italy for nine years and has four years’ experience working in the UK National Health Service. She offers calm, focused support for people facing relationship difficulties, trauma, low self-esteem, depression and anxiety.
She takes a respectful and compassionate approach and adapts sessions to each person’s needs. Conversations and treatment plans are shaped around the client’s goals and circumstances.
Background and approach
Her work also covers issues such as addiction, grief, eating concerns, ADHD and LGBT-related matters. Laura uses several therapeutic methods to help people make practical changes and process painful experiences. She draws on trauma-focused work, psychodynamic ideas and structured approaches to help manage emotions and behaviours.
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing is among the tools she may use when trauma memories are part of the picture. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with space to reflect on past patterns and current coping. She pays attention to attachment and abandonment themes when these come up, and to struggles with body image, communication problems and codependency.
Laura works in English and Italian and accepts clients from the United Kingdom and abroad. She aims to create a clear, collaborative plan so people feel the work is relevant and doable.
What Laura works with
Everything Laura lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Laura is listed here; the rest shows what else Laura works with.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Career difficulties
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Approaches Laura lists
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How her approaches can work online
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, often called DBT, focuses on teaching practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving communication. It can help when stress, anxiety, self-harm urges or relationship conflict feels overwhelming.Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, or EMDR, aims to reduce the intensity of distressing memories by guiding the way a memory is processed. It is commonly used when traumatic experiences continue to cause symptoms or avoidant behaviour.
Psychodynamic therapy looks at patterns that have developed over time, such as attachment and abandonment themes, and how these affect current relationships and choices. It offers space to understand where repeating problems come from and how to change them.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. That choice can change as therapy progresses and new priorities emerge.
If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the available session formats before booking as these are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Registered or accredited professionals often use remote sessions to maintain continuity of care across locations, including for international clients.
Questions people ask about Laura
What kinds of problems does Laura help with?
She helps people facing relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self-esteem concerns, depression, anxiety and stress. Her work also covers grief, addictions, eating-related issues, ADHD and LGBT-related concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Sessions are conversational and pragmatic, with time to reflect on past patterns and make concrete changes. Treatment plans are personalised and focus on the client’s goals.
What is her clinical background?
She has 14 years of experience, including nine years practising in Italy and four years working within the UK National Health Service.
What credentials and location are noted?
She is registered with the HCPC and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Italian.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients, so people outside the United Kingdom can enquire about working together.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a therapy process with her?
Use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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