Laraine Dawson

I currently have availability within my practice. 

I work between 9:00am and 5:00pm, Monday to Thursday and Friday morning, with limited evening appointments. Please enquire if you are looking for an appointment after 5pm.

I work in Harrogate and there is free parking. 

*My website is temporarily unavailable.

I offer counselling in Harrogate, and online, to individuals, adolescents, and Children and have experience working with many issues including supporting clients to manage and improve general wellbeing and mental health.

I have experience with workplace issues as well as working in the Higher Education setting and with adolescents and children in primary and secondary schools.

I work with individual Adults, Adolescents and Children in my private practice. I have worked for nearly 10 years with children aged 4-19 years in Primary, Secondary schools, further education and in private practice from many different cultures and with a diverse range of issues.

I believe each of us has the capacity and power to change, the therapeutic relationship being key

Parents/Carers worried about a child/young person?

With over 9 years experience, I offer a parent/carer consultation service to understand, and identify with, the issues you are worried about. Together we can look at how past relationships, developmental difficulties or present circumstances are impacting on your young person and look at finding other ways to support them or understand their actions, feelings or thoughts.

My training background is The Relational Approach which I work with primarily in a person-centered way creating a safe environment and a warm, non-judgmental relationship to enable you to explore issues that bought you to counselling.

I work with children in a non-directive way and have a range of creative play materials available. I offer a safe environment and a warm, non-judgmental relationship to allow the child to express themselves as they choose.

I can offer short-term, long-term or open-ended counselling; we can talk about this at the first meeting. 

I have availability for supervisees, either in training or qualified.

The times available for supervision are Monday morning or evening, Tuesday morning or Friday lunchtime.

Please enquire if your needs don't match these times as I can be flexible. 

*My website is temporarily unavailable.

Supervision is a space for learning and unlearning, reflecting, collaborating and sustaining resilience. 

I offer a professional, safe and trustworthy relationship for you to explore your client work in all contexts: relationships, difference and diversity, self-awareness and professional and personal development.

I use the Developmental model and Process model of supervision. I am an integrative counsellor and have experience of working with different modalities, therefore bringing this learning into my work with you, if appropriate.

I have been supervising since 2013 and completed the Diploma of the practice of Supervision in 2017. I have experience of working with all client groups, in personal, educative and professional settings, and with children in schools since 2011.

My fees are £45.00 per hour, £65.00 per 90 minutes, £85 per 120 minutes

Please contact me to arrange an initial meeting to determine if I am the right supervisor for you.

I offer an introductory 20 minute telephone call to determine if I can meet your needs as a supervisor.

I will then offer another 20 minute face to face, or online, appointment to meet with you to ensure I am the right counsellor for you.