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Laura Goodall, UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist

Laura Goodall

London w1g
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Laura Goodall, UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist

Laura Goodall

London w1g
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My Approach

I work relationally, which means our relationship is an active part of the therapy. How we talk, pause, laugh, or even sit in silence together can give us clues about what feels safe, what feels difficult, and what might be ready for change.

My style is grounded and collaborative. I’m not here to analyse you from a distance — I’m here to be alongside you. Together we pay attention to what happens when you speak, feel, or try to connect. Sometimes we notice what feels missing, or what’s been pushed down for a long time.

Gestalt therapy sees symptoms not as flaws to be fixed but as intelligent adaptations to life’s challenges. I’m interested in how stress, early experiences, and nervous system overwhelm shape the ways we cope now. Some people respond by pushing through, others by pulling away — both make sense. Therapy gives us space to experiment with new ways of responding, at a pace that feels manageable.

Our work might include talking, reflection, and gentle awareness of what’s happening in the body — all designed to help you feel safer, more regulated, and more connected to yourself.

There’s no rush, no pressure to get it right. Therapy is a place where you can take the time you need, feel supported, and gradually make the changes that matter to you.

About Me

I am a UKCP-accredited Gestalt Psychotherapist offering a relational, embodied, and neuroscience-informed approach to therapy. I work with adults who feel anxious, overwhelmed, angry, stuck, or emotionally cut off — from themselves, from others, or from the life they want to live.

My work is grounded in an interest in contact, regulation, and systemic impact: how we relate to others, to our emotions, to our bodies, and to the parts of ourselves that may feel out of reach. I draw on contemporary neuroscience, polyvagal theory, and trauma research to help clients restore nervous system balance, re-establish safety, and move from survival into growth.

I have a particular focus on systemic trauma — the impact of living within systems that have been unsafe, invalidating, or chronically dysregulating. This may include experiences within education, healthcare, high-pressure corporate environments, or family systems. I work with senior professionals, bankers, founders, and creatives seeking a discreet, high-level space to reset and act decisively under pressure. I also specialise in supporting parents navigating neurodivergence and institutional failings, helping them create resilience and agency in the face of complex challenges.

Therapy with me is not about quick fixes but about cultivating awareness and integration. Together we explore what is happening in the present moment — in thought, emotion, and body — so that old patterns can shift and new possibilities emerge.

Before becoming a psychotherapist, I worked in education and leadership, which informs my interest in identity, systems, and change. I now work in private practice on Harley Street and online, offering weekly sessions and bespoke intensives for clients seeking deep, lasting transformation.

I work with

  • Companies
  • Couples
  • Families
  • Individuals
  • Private healthcare referrals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

I have a particular interest in working with ADHD and broader neurodivergence. I understand ADHD not as a disorder of attention, but as a difference in how attention, emotion, energy, and nervous system regulation are experienced and expressed. This can often show up as intensity, restlessness, shame, overwhelm, or a sense of being “too much” or “not enough.” It can also mean deep creativity, sensitivity, and a powerful capacity to tune in—especially when space is made for it. I don’t take a pathologising approach. I work with the lived experience—how it impacts identity, relationships, regulation, and self-worth. Together, we might explore the push-pull of urgency and shutdown, the relationship with time and task, the experience of masking, or the cost of constantly adapting to environments not built with you in mind. My approach is attuned, relational, and paced to meet you where you are, without rushing to fix or explain away what might be asking to be witnessed first.
I have a particular interest in working with anxiety—not just as a set of symptoms to manage, but as an expression of something deeper trying to make contact. Anxiety can show up as racing thoughts, physical discomfort, avoidance, compulsive control, or a feeling of being trapped in high alert. But beneath that, there’s often a story the nervous system is still holding onto. My approach is to slow things down. We pay attention to what happens in your body, your breath, your relationships—so that we can understand what fuels the anxiety, and what helps to soften it. This might include exploring old adaptations, unmet needs, or the parts of you that never learned it was safe to rest. I’m especially attuned to how anxiety can mask other emotional experiences—grief, rage, shame, or disconnection—and how much energy goes into trying to stay in control. Therapy offers a space to lay some of that down. Not all at once, and not without support—but in a way that invites relief, not overwhelm.
I have a particular interest in working with autistic clients, including those who have discovered their neurodivergence later in life. I understand autism not as a deficit, but as a different way of sensing, processing, and relating to the world. Many of the people I work with describe a lifelong sense of disconnection, masking, or being misunderstood—especially in environments that haven’t recognised their needs or ways of being. This can lead to deep exhaustion, relational rupture, or a loss of contact with one’s own inner world. In therapy, we can begin to explore these patterns gently, without pressure to perform or conform. I offer a space where stimming, silence, tangents, or intensity aren’t pathologised—they’re welcomed as part of your way of showing up. We might work with sensory awareness, contact at your pace, and the possibility of building trust without forcing closeness. I am committed to a neuroaffirmative, non-pathologising approach that honours difference at the contact boundary—and centres your experience as valid, complex, and worthy of care.
I have a special interest in working with people living with chronic illness—especially where symptoms are invisible, fluctuating, or poorly understood. This might include autoimmune conditions, fatigue syndromes, pain, neuroimmune dysregulation, or functional disorders that haven’t found a clear medical explanation. I don’t separate the body from the emotional world. Often, chronic symptoms carry stories of survival, stress, trauma, and unmet need. Therapy won’t “fix” the body—but it can create a space to listen to it, to make meaning of what it holds, and to explore what it’s been trying to communicate. I work gently and collaboratively, with deep respect for pacing, energy limits, and the frustration, fear, or grief that can come with long-term illness. We might explore how you relate to your symptoms, your past experiences of care (or neglect), or how illness shapes your identity and relationships. I hold a strong commitment to working at the intersection of mind, body, and relational process—with warmth, curiosity, and no pressure to be anything other than how you are.
I have a special interest in working with depression—not just as low mood or lack of motivation, but as a deep shutting down of feeling, aliveness, or connection. Depression can feel like stuckness, fog, hopelessness, or a heavy silence that’s hard to put into words. It can also be a way the body protects itself when things have felt too much, for too long. I don't treat depression as a problem to be solved with positivity or pressure. Instead, I get curious about what the depression might be doing—what it's holding back, what it's trying to keep you safe from, or what it might be asking you to stop pretending about. In our work together, we might explore where aliveness got interrupted, how emotions have been managed (or avoided), and whether the depressive state is protecting something that hasn't yet been spoken. Sometimes, even the desire to disappear makes a kind of sense. And in therapy, we don't rush to pull you out of that place—we meet you there, and begin from what's real.

Types of Therapies Offered

  • Gestalt Psychotherapist

What I can help with

  • ADHD
  • Age-related Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Autism
  • Bereavement
  • Chronic Illness
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Infertility
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Online Counselling
  • Parents
  • Relationships
  • Separation
  • Spirituality
  • Trauma

Types of sessions

  • Face to Face - Long Term
  • Face to Face - Short Term
  • Online Therapy

London Office

42 Harley Street
London w1g 9pr
United Kingdom

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Cost:

£250

Concession:

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UKCP College

  • Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy College (HIPC)
Laura Goodall

Laura Goodall

London w1g
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