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Louise Wood

Louise Wood

BACP United Kingdom

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Supportive counsellor for anxiety and life change

  • Client-centred focus
  • BACP credential
  • Seven years experience

About Louise

Louise Wood offers calm, practical support for people facing anxiety, low mood and big life changes. She works in a straightforward way and focuses on what each person needs in the moment. Louise writes plainly and aims to help people feel more able to manage day to day concerns.

She sees stress, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship difficulties and grief as issues that often need time and steady attention. Louise also supports people dealing with ADHD, compassion fatigue, anger and self-esteem challenges. Her practice includes help for matters such as abandonment, attachment concerns, and coping after loss or infidelity.

Louise uses a client-centred approach that treats each person as the expert on their own life. She combines that with elements of existential thinking and psychodynamic ideas to notice patterns and meanings that matter. In sessions she listens reflectively, asks practical questions and helps people find their own priorities for change.

She holds BACP, which is shown here as the credential supplied. Louise has seven years of professional experience working with adults in the United Kingdom. Her style aims to be supportive and empowering rather than directive, helping people build confidence to try different ways of coping.

People who meet her can expect clear, compassionate conversation and a focus on steady progress. She encourages small, realistic steps that fit into everyday life and adapts the pace to each person’s needs.

How Louise's approaches work in online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance and helping people lead the conversation about what matters most to them. It suits issues like low mood, anxiety and confidence by helping people find their own solutions and move at their own pace.

Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choices and how people respond to difficult life events. It can help when someone faces big changes, grief or questions about purpose. Psychodynamic ideas pay attention to repeating patterns from the past and how these show up now, which can be useful for trauma, attachment issues and long-standing relationship problems.

Deciding on the right approach is a practical conversation. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose what to try first based on the person's needs, goals and preferences, and will adjust as work progresses.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, avoid travel and have shorter check-ins when that helps. It also allows people to meet with a registered or accredited professional from where they already are, with scheduling that aims to fit everyday life.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesGriefAnger managementCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFirst responder issuesGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityJealousyVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesObsessions, compulsions, and OCDParanoiaPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyExistential TherapyPsychodynamic Therapy

Experience

7+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What issues does Louise commonly help with?

She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and trauma, and helps with self-esteem, relationship problems, grief and addictions.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Louise works in a client-centred way, listening and following the person's pace while using existential and psychodynamic ideas to notice patterns and meaning.

What is her professional background?

She has seven years of professional experience working with adults and brings practical, steady support to common emotional and life challenges.

Where is she based and what credential does she hold?

She practises in the United Kingdom and the supplied credential is BACP.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

She is not accepting international clients at this time.

How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.

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