Laura Cowan is an international counselor, educator, consultant, supervisor and presenter with over 30 years of experience across schools in Asia. Her expertise spans school crisis preparedness and response, trauma-informed practice, suicide prevention, intervention and postvention, child safeguarding, student mental health and wellbeing, adolescent and family counseling, faculty education, and school–family partnerships.

A certified PREPaRE Workshop 1 and Workshop 2 Trainer, Laura supports schools in strengthening crisis preparedness, psychological triage, intervention and recovery systems.
As a conference presenter, workshop facilitator and panelist, Laura brings an energetic, collaborative approach that encourages participation, reflection and shared learning. She connects research and professional experience with the realities of school practice, making complex ideas accessible and helping participants identify strategies they can apply within their own communities.

Laura is also a course facilitator and creator with the Counselor Training Center (The PTC), a counselor with Central Health Child Development Team in Hong Kong, a current Monash University practicum supervisor, and an EARCOS Counseling Mentor. She has presented for organizations including ECIS, EARCOS, ISS, AISC, MIND HK and the Global Safeguarding Collaborative Conference.