Laura Barnett

I am an existential psychotherapist, Sensorimotor (Level 2) trained therapist and have also trained in systemic constellation work. I am registered in the United Kingdom (through UKCP and BACP) and in Europe (through the EAP). I now work privately in Lewes, after 20 years in an NHS hospital, where I ran two specialised psychotherapy services - for cancer patients and their carers, and for post-Intensive Care patients.
With the help of vignettes, case studies and dialogues, my book The Heart of Therapy, developing compassion, understanding and boundaries (Routledge 2023) offers a good view of the way I integrate Sensorimotor Psychotherapy within an overarching existential perspective.
My private work is general. I enjoy working with whatever issues you bring, while bearing in mind the broader context. I have a strong interest in the way we carry, in our bodies, developmental issues, past traumas as well as the stresses of everyday life. I also bring a systemic perspective from systemic constellations, observing and working with familial patterns, transmitted burdens and beliefs.
You can choose to come either for a few sessions, over a few weeks or months, or else on a longer-term basis.
I work face-to-face, online and on the phone. Although I prefer to be with clients face-to-face, I am amazed at how well one can build a good therapeutic relationship without ever meeting face-to-face.