About Louise
Louise Wood is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. She supports clients dealing with self-esteem issues, addictions, relationship worries and the particular challenges people in LGBT communities may bring. Louise uses a respectful, person-centred stance and aims to help people feel stronger and more able to cope.
Her work is rooted in listening and building on each person’s own resources.
Background and approach
She believes clients are the experts in their lives and that change begins with small, steady steps. Sessions focus on what matters most to the individual and on practical ways to manage daily strain. Louise draws on client-centred methods alongside existential and psychodynamic ideas.
That mix helps her hold emotional pain, unpack recurring patterns, and look at how values and life meaning affect choices. Conversations often move between present struggles and deeper personal history as it feels useful. She has seven years of experience and holds BACP membership, which reflects her standing within UK counselling practice.
Treatment plans are tailored to each person and reviewed as therapy progresses. Louise aims to create a calm, direct space where people can begin to test new ways of coping. People who come to her can expect honest, down-to-earth sessions that focus on manageable steps.
Practical tools and clearer understanding are offered alongside emotional support to help clients move forward.
What Louise works with
Everything Louise lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Louise is listed here; the rest shows what else Louise works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Louise lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy emphasises being heard and understood. In practice this means sessions focus on the client's concerns, pacing, and what the client finds helpful when coping with anxiety, low mood or relationship stress.Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice and values. It can help people facing big life changes or questions about identity by encouraging honest reflection on what matters and what gives life purpose.
Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to patterns that repeat over time. This approach can help when past experiences affect current reactions, such as attachment issues, abandonment or long-standing relationship difficulties.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to try different ways of working and agree what best fits the person's needs, goals and preferences rather than imposing a single method.
Confirm the exact session options before booking as formats are not specified here. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help maintain continuity of work when life events make in-person meetings difficult.
Questions people ask about Louise
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and addictions, plus a range of related issues such as grief, anger and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centred with existential and psychodynamic influences, so sessions focus on the person's experience while also exploring meaning and recurring life patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional experience working in counselling roles in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and where is she based?
She holds BACP membership and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
More counsellors who work with stress & anxiety
See all of them
Peter Thompson
NCPS
14 years in practice
Person-centred counsellor emphasising autonomy
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship
- Grief
Pricilla Finn
NCPS
7 years in practice English, Portuguese
Compassionate counsellor for life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship
- Family
Amanda Jones
NCPS
13 years in practice
Practical, human-centred counselling for life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief