Who are we?

Laura and Michelle

Meet the Team

Together we bring 50 years of combined experience as BACP registered counsellors, We are passionate trainers dedicated to teaching evidence-based practices, ethics, and compassionate care delivering experiential learning. Our expertise fosters confident, competent counsellors ready to embrace the clincal work with their clients. .

Laura Joanknecht is a psychosexual and relationship therapist, academic, and research leader
known for her integrative and ethics-led approach.
Her work brings together theory, lived experience, and reflexive practice to support applied,
clinically relevant knowledge in psychotherapy and sexology.
She is recognised for intellectual rigor, relational depth, and a commitment to ethical practice that
centres autonomy, safety, and social context.
Laura brings a calm, authoritative presence to teaching, supervision, and research development,
and thrives in environments that encourage curiosity, reflexivity, and academic integrity. If you would like to know more about her work please log on to https://www.thetherapyspace.wales

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With 19 years of professional experience as a registered therapist, Michelle brings a wealth of practical knowledge and clinical experience to her training.
Her extensive background encompasses diverse therapeutic approaches and client populations, allowing me to provide nuanced, insights that enhance learning. Committed to fostering competent, practitioners, I integrate evidence-based techniques with experiential learning to ensure counsellors are well-prepared for the complexities of therapeutic work. If you would like to know more about my work log onto https://www.michellescounsellingandtraining.co.uk