Aletia Laird

About Me

Aletia has spent her legal career helping clients navigate significant life transitions, such as relationship breakdown and bereavement. This led to her wanting to support clients and their emotional wellbeing on a more holistic level and she is now re-training as a psychotherapist.

Aletia’s approach is firmly grounded in establishing a supportive and collaborative relationship with her clients, whether they are coming to therapy for the first time or continuing from previous experience. Having trained in integrative psychotherapy, Aletia draws on a range of psychotherapeutic approaches and tailors her work to her client’s individual needs - no two clients are the same and neither is their experience in therapy. Aletia creates space to explore how we understand ourselves and relate to the world around us, often through the lens of earlier experiences.

Therapy isn’t always linear and finding awareness and new meanings can be a challenging but life affirming experience. In the therapy room, Aletia brings warmth, curiosity and genuine authenticity to sessions and encourages clients to take their therapeutic process at their own pace.

Training & Qualifications

Aletia began training in 2023 and is now in her second year of a postgraduate diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy at the University of East London. She practises under regular clinical supervision as part of a professionally governed service. She has previously volunteered as a call-taker with Nightline and Childline and undertook extensive training to support students and young people.

Current Training

Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy - University of East London (expected completion: 2027)

Prior Qualifications

Le el 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills - Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body

Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies - Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body

Professional Membership

Student Member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy), Membership Number: 01046117

A Note on Trainee Status

All therapists at the Middle Ground Therapy Service are trainee counsellors or psychotherapists practising under regular clinical supervision. The service is professionally governed and BACPaligned. Your work is taken seriously here.

How to get in touch

To enquire about working with this therapist, please complete the MGTS enquiry form. A member of the team will be in touch within 48 working hours.