Laurel Tester

I’m a relational psychodynamic psychotherapist based in Hereford, working with adults individually and in groups.

Many people seek therapy when familiar patterns keep resurfacing in relationships, in how they see themselves, or in the shape their life keeps taking. When the usual explanations stop being enough, therapy can help us explore the underlying relational experiences that continue to influence us, often outside conscious awareness.

You don’t need to know where to start. Therapy offers a space to notice, reflect, and feel, so that over time you can begin to relate differently both to yourself and to others. What happens between us is part of that process; it’s often where change begins.

I hold an MSt in Psychodynamic Practice from the University of Oxford and have completed foundation training in group analysis with the Institute of Group Analysis. My interests include relational trauma, dissociative defences and processes, and supporting mothers who want to parent differently from how they were parented.

Accredited member of UKCP and UPCA.