Louise Wood
Hopeful, practical support for life's hard moments
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About Louise
Louise Wood helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or difficult life changes. She speaks plainly and aims to make the first step feel manageable for anyone who is unsure where to begin. Louise frames clients as experts in their own lives and focuses on strengths you already have.
She uses a conversational, respectful style in sessions. That means listening closely, asking practical questions, and helping people try out ways of coping that suit their day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Louise encourages small steps that build confidence rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Her seven years of professional experience include working with trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, anger and compassion fatigue. She also supports people with relationship concerns, self-esteem, ADHD and issues linked to abandonment, attachment and foster care or adoption.
The focus is on what the person wants to change and how to get there. Louise is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, which is recorded as her credential. She practises in the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English.
International clients are not currently accepted. Sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time, and fees vary with location and therapist availability. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to the therapist's availability using the Start Therapy button.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 7
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 387196
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Existential Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy
- 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
- 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 Louise works online
Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice and what matters to a person. It can help during major life changes or when someone feels stuck and wants clearer direction.
Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to past patterns and how they show up now, which can be useful for repeating relationship difficulties or deeper feelings linked to trauma.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and will help decide whether one approach or a blend fits best. That choice is revisited as therapy continues in a collaborative way.
If you are considering online sessions, check the available session options before booking to confirm what is offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around work and family life, allow quieter conversations without travel, or make shorter check-ins possible when time is limited. Registered or accredited professionals adapt their methods to remote sessions so people can continue to make practical progress.
Questions and answers
What kinds of concerns does Louise help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression and trauma among other issues such as addictions, grief, relationship worries and self-esteem.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is conversational and client-centred, favouring listening, practical questions and gradual changes people can try between sessions.
How much professional experience does she have?
Louise has seven years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including trauma, compassion fatigue and ADHD.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is recorded with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are delivered via a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Louise?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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