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Louise Wood, BACP

Louise Wood offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression or life changes.

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About Louise

Louise Wood offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression or life changes. She focuses on listening and helping clients recognise their strengths so they can move forward. Louise works with issues such as trauma, addiction, low self-esteem, grief and relationship difficulties.

She is based in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Her approach starts with the person rather than the problem.

Background and approach

Louise uses client-centred listening to understand what matters most to each individual. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to notice patterns from the past that still affect daily life. Existential perspectives help when people are wrestling with meaning, choice or identity.

In a typical session Louise creates a calm space for honest conversation. She invites people to talk at their own pace and to try small experiments between sessions. Practical coping strategies and emotional reflection are mixed, depending on the person’s needs.

Louise has seven years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns, from compassion fatigue and first responder stress to issues around abandonment, attachment and addiction. Her work also addresses specific areas such as HIV/AIDS support, hospice and end-of-life counselling and dissociation. Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging.

Longer term goals and short-term check-ins are both possible, and Louise helps people decide which works best for them.

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Body	Registration number	Expires
BACP	387196	May 2026

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Sessions and payment

Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.

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Focus areas and approaches

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Ways of working Louise names

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How Louise’s approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and building understanding. The therapist offers empathy and reflection to help people feel heard and to discover their own solutions; this is useful for low self-esteem, stress and grief.

Psychodynamic Therapy looks at how past experiences shape current patterns. It can help when someone repeats relationship patterns or feels stuck by earlier events, and online sessions provide space to discuss those links over time.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Louise will talk with each person about their history, goals and preferences and suggest which ways of working might help most. Together they can adjust pace, focus and tasks between sessions.

Online work using video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging brings practical flexibility. Video is good for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls suit people with less bandwidth, live chat can be a shorter check-in during a busy day, and text messaging allows brief, ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work and family life and to continue consistently when travel or schedules change.

Frequently asked

What kinds of problems does Louise address?

She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem and coping with life changes, plus addiction and grief.

How would you describe the therapeutic style?

The style is person-centred and reflective, combining client-centred listening with psychodynamic insights and existential ideas to explore meaning and life choices.

What is her professional background?

Louise has seven years of professional experience supporting people with a broad range of emotional and practical difficulties.

What credential does she hold and where is she located?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and works from the United Kingdom.

Can I book sessions in other languages or from other countries?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.

What online session formats are available?

Louise offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin if I want to see her?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.