Laurie Hole

Laurie Hole


Registered Member MBACP (Accredited)

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Therapist - Bristol

Bristol BS8
Sessions from £85.00

Features

Availability

I work exclusively online, offering sessions via Zoom or telephone.

My working days are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

I respond to all enquiries by email within 48 hours. Please check your junk mail if you haven't received a response within this time.

Health Insurance: I work with AXA, Aviva and WPA insurers - if you would like to use your cover, please let me know in your initial enquiry.

About me and my therapy practice

I work with people who care deeply, think a lot, and carry more than they let on - often the dependable ones who rarely ask for help. The ones who quietly battle with self-doubt, low self-esteemanxiety, or emotional overwhelm.

Maybe you're:

  • Feeling like you're never good enough - even with all you've achieved.
  • Spending a lot of time overthinking or second-guessing everything, and struggling to quiet your inner critic.
  • Struggling with people-pleasing, perfectionism, or setting impossibly high standards of yourself.
  • Often feeling on edge, even when everything seems "fine".
  • Feeling disconnected or misunderstood - even around the people you love.
  • Struggling to make decisions - big or small.
  • Putting everyone else’s needs first and feeling exhausted, resentful, or invisible because of it.
  • Carrying the pressure to hold everything together.
  • Having difficulty “switching off” and feeling the need to stay constantly busy.

If any of this feels relatable, you might be in survival mode. Unresolved experiences from earlier life can resurface in the present, layering your current struggles with restlessness, frustration, or a sense of feeling stuck that’s hard to explain.

You might feel comfortable working together if you:

  • Hide your true feelings from others.
  • Struggle in relationships that feel one-sided and emotionally draining.
  • Crave quiet and stillness.
  • Shut down or panic when conflict happens - especially with people you care about.
  • Learned early on to keep your feelings to yourself - or were praised for being the “easy one” who didn’t make a fuss.
  • Identify as neurodivergent, introverted, or highly sensitive (HSP) and find that the world often feels too much.
  • Want to simply nurture your emotional wellbeing, or create more meaning in your life.

Whatever your experience, and however you feel - all of you is welcome.

Practice description

I offer a warm, down-to-earth space where we follow your leadI believe therapy should feel human, collaborative, and grounded in genuine trust, connection, and real conversation - there's no blank slate here!

While I won’t offer advice or quick fixes, I will offer reflections and gentle insights along the way - ones that can offer new ways of understanding yourself, ease old patterns, and help you relate differently to yourself and others - in ways that last long after therapy ends.

I embrace working with your nervous system and felt-sense - both of which can gently shift patterns that talking alone might not reach.

We can explore the different parts of you and use metaphor and creative approaches to make sense of what’s hard to put into words.

From my own journey and sitting alongside many clients, I’ve come to deeply appreciate the healing that happens when we're truly seen and accepted as we are.

I've worked with many clients who have left therapy feeling:

  • More connected to themselves.
  • Less weighed down by their experiences.
  • Clearer about their own needs and what's been keeping them stuck.
  • Less anxious, overwhelmed, or depressed.
  • Kinder and more compassionate towards themselves.
  • More hopeful and with a greater sense of confidence in both the present and the future.
  • Able to live fully alongside their experiences of grief and loss.

My first session

We live in a fast-paced world that can leave us feeling empty and overwhelmed. Giving yourself the space to slow down to untangle your thoughts and feelings, is one of the greatest gifts you can offer yourself.

If you're curious about working together, I warmly invite you to contact me to book a free 15-minute exploratory call. This means you can get a feel for how I work, ask any questions, and we can decide if we're a good fit - with no pressure or obligation.

All sessions are held virtually - this means you can join from wherever feels comfortable for you, as long as it's a quiet and confidential space - your pets are welcome too! 

What I can help with

ADD / ADHD, Anxiety, Autism spectrum, Bereavement, Body/somatic therapy, Depression, Identity issues, Infertility, LGBTQ+ counselling, Loss, Neurodiversity, Pregnancy related issues, Redundancy, Relationships, Self esteem, Stress, Trauma, Women's issues, Work related issues

Types of therapy

Emotionally focused therapy, Existential, Gestalt, Humanistic, Integrative, Narrative therapy, Person centred, Phenomenological, Relational, Transactional analysis

Clients I work with

Adults, EAP, Older adults, Organisations, Trainees

How I deliver therapy

Long term sessions, Online therapy, Short term sessions, Telephone therapy, Time-limited

Languages spoken

English