Louise Claydon
Practical counselling for stress and relationships
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About Louise
Louise Claydon helps people who are stressed, anxious or facing big life changes. She supports those wanting to build confidence, improve relationships and develop coping skills. Louise is a BACP counsellor with 11 years of practice experience in the United Kingdom.
She keeps sessions warm and non-judgemental. Conversations focus on what matters to the individual and practical steps for change. Louise uses solution-focused ideas to spot strengths and set achievable goals together.
Background and approach
Her background includes work in both independent practice and the NHS. Over the years she has worked with issues such as abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment difficulties, and blended family challenges. She also supports people dealing with body image, cancer-related distress, caregiver strain and the emotional impact of divorce and separation.
Louise draws on a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. That can include attachment-based thinking to look at early patterns, client-centred listening to follow the person’s pace, cognitive behavioural techniques for practical change, mindfulness tools to reduce reactivity, and psychodynamic ideas to understand deeper feelings. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented.
Louise aims to help people notice small shifts that add up to better day-to-day coping. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and then schedules sessions according to the available times.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 11
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 405406
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Louise's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Louise works with
Everything Louise lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Louise lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Louise works online
Choosing the right approach is often part of early sessions. Louise will work collaboratively to identify what seems most useful based on your needs, goals and preferences. That might mean combining methods so therapy is both understanding and action-oriented.
Check the current session options before booking because this biography does not list explicit formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving or travel, and it can reduce the time needed to attend appointments. Many people find remote sessions help them keep continuity of care during life changes and make regular check-ins simpler to manage.
Questions and answers
What concerns does Louise commonly support?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem and coping with life changes, plus coaching for resilience and confidence.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
Their style is warm and non-judgemental, with a practical, solution-focused bent that also listens carefully to each person’s priorities.
What experience does Louise bring to sessions?
She has 11 years of experience working in independent practice and within the NHS, carrying a long practice background across many common issues.
What credentials and location should I know about?
Louise is BACP registered and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with Louise if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered to international clients and conversations are conducted in English.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify particular formats.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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