“I started seeing Laura, following a fairly traumatic and sudden operation at the end of November. I made the decision rather than to speak about my experience and the effect it had on me, to start drinking alone most days in the comfort of my room to avoid my thoughts. Must say it’s not something I recommend at all. Talking to my parents was not something I wanted to do, especially with a worried mother who on top of everything, then thought I had a drinking problem. The idea of somebody I could confide in without any information reaching my parents, was perfect to me, and Laura proved to be a very easy person to open up to, despite me being a conserved person. As well as working through how to cope with sleep paralysis and dreams that would wake me up in the middle of the night, scaring me so much I wouldn’t want to go back to sleep, Laura helped me cope with stress, anxiety and help me channel these things into writing, which has proven to be an amazing coping mechanism for me; she even helped me view things from my parents’ perspectives, which has definitely prevented multiple possible arguments and fights in my house”.
— Teenage Girl