Laura Fontanet, BACP
5 years in practice
Laura Fontanet is a counsellor who practices with an emphasis on existential ideas and a person-centred stance.
License and registration
- BACP
- 401009 · expires July 2026
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Catalan, Italian
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Laura
Laura Fontanet is a counsellor who practices with an emphasis on existential ideas and a person-centred stance. She works to make space for people to name what matters to them and to face difficult choices with clarity. Laura is registered with the BACP and has five years of experience supporting people through emotional challenges.
Her sessions are straightforward and paced to the individual. She listens without judgement and helps people untangle painful feelings.
Background and approach
Practical tools from cognitive behavioural approaches and mindfulness are used when they suit the person’s goals. Laura pays attention to attachment patterns and how early relationships shape current reactions. That perspective is helpful for people struggling with intimacy, communication or repeating relationship difficulties.
She also offers support around trauma and abuse, using approaches that let people process hard memories at a pace they can manage. She works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, stress, grief, addiction and issues around identity and parenting. Additional focus areas include abandonment, adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, chronic pain and dissociation.
Sessions can be held in English, Spanish, Catalan or Italian. People are guided to set realistic goals and to find ways of coping that fit their daily life. Laura describes therapy as a collaborative process that combines listening, practical strategies and reflective work to help people move forward.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Laura lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Laura names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Existential Therapy helps people consider meaning, choice and personal values when life feels confusing or overwhelming. It invites honest reflection about what matters and supports decisions that fit a person’s priorities.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns in connection and communication. It is useful for intimacy issues, trust concerns and repeated relationship problems.
The right approach is found together. The counsellor will work collaboratively to match existential ideas, attachment perspectives and person-centred ways of working to the client’s goals and preferences. This is an ongoing conversation rather than a single decision.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is helpful for a fuller face-to-face conversation, phone calls work well when internet bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging provide shorter check-ins or flexible options during busy days. These choices make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or other commitments.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
Common concerns include stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief and relationship or intimacy issues. There is also experience with addictions, parenting strain, eating and sleeping problems, and work or career difficulties.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
Sessions combine an existential outlook with a person-centred approach and practical tools from CBT and mindfulness. The work focuses on understanding values, improving day-to-day coping, and exploring difficult emotions at a sustainable pace.
What background and experience does the counsellor have?
She has five years of clinical experience supporting people through a wide range of emotional and psychological challenges. Her practice draws on attachment perspectives and trauma-related approaches as appropriate.
What professional credential is held and where is she based?
The counsellor is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Spanish, Catalan and Italian.
Can I work with this counsellor from outside the UK?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are provided to clients within the United Kingdom.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy can be delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does booking and cost work?
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