About me
My name is Louise Cushen and I am a therapeutic counsellor, working in a reparative, person-centred way with an integrative training background. I have experience working with young people and adults finding their way through life's changes and challenges.
I have predominately worked with young adults between 16-19 year olds and this was extremely rewarding work. Offering therapeutic support in the form of short and long term interventions for life's challenges, anxieties and the age of self discovery. We work together to grow confidence and self-esteem, finding realistic ways of managing anxiety, low mood and self-harm. I work to foster an environment that allows the client to be open and progress to their own timescale, creating a space where they can develop their own inner support system.
Most recently I have also been working with males 35 - 60 who are navigating moments past, present and future. Many come to explore their relationship with anger and how this affects them professionally and in relationships. We will focus on what lies beneath the anger at the clients pace, validating the feelings that need to be acknowledged and allowing them space to move on. Anxiety and depression are often what brings clients to sessions, I offer attentive listening, reflecting and gentle curiosity allowing clients to share what others find hard to hold, or you feel too guilty to burden them with.
Clients have reflected back, when they are ready to end the therapeutic relationship, feeling freer and more ready to face the challenges that life throws at us. They reflect feeling understood and met where they were, without a need to be something they were not.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am trained Counsellor with the qualification CPCAB Level 4 in Therapeutic Counselling.
I have been a trained Designated Safeguarding Lead, in sixth form school.
Extensive training, development and experience working with neurodivergence, suicide ideation, self harm, anger, identity, depression and anxiety.
Further training and development in trauma and somatics.
I have four years experience working in support within education, especially sixth form school and have a good understanding of what they experience as an age group.
I have worked with an online counselling service for the past two years. The service is an affordable offering, accessible to all. This is a nationwide service.
Clients come to explore versions of self and to gain an understanding of their own boundaries. They come to process past trauma, understand relationships, unpick life events. They come looking for a change or understanding, but mainly they come to be heard.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Concessions are available and can be discussed at the introduction call stage or at any time during the therapeutic contract.
The initial introduction call is 20 minutes and free of charge.
Further information
My working space is at the end of my garden, it is discreet and quiet, away from the house and other houses.
