About me
Most of the people I work with are adults dealing with anxiety, perfectionism, burnout, the aftermath of coercive-control or narcissistic-abuse relationships, or the specific pressures of finance and technology work. I am an HCPC-registered Counselling Psychologist offering therapy and adult autism and ADHD assessment in central London and online. After 25 years as an actuary in financial services, much of it spent overseas, I retrained as a psychologist.
My core training is in Schema Therapy, EMDR, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Person-Centred work, with additional use of DBT, mindfulness-based CBT, and trauma-focused approaches when they fit. I trained in adult autism assessment with Marilyn Monteiro, whose neuro-affirming, conversational MIGDAS-2 framework underpins the assessment work. I have a degree in Mathematics from the University of Oxford and a doctorate in Counselling Psychology from Glasgow Caledonian University.
I do not believe in choosing a modality before meeting the person. Most clients begin with a thorough assessment, after which we agree what kind of work is likely to fit. The therapeutic relationship matters more than any technique, and the technique still matters. I share resources between sessions when they are useful and suggest practice tasks where they help, but the direction of the work is collaborative rather than prescribed.
Training, qualifications & experience
Professional qualifications
- Doctorate in Counselling Psychology (DCounsPsy), Glasgow Caledonian University
- BA (Hons) in Mathematics, University of Oxford
- HCPC-registered Counselling Psychologist
Core therapeutic training
- Schema Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Person-Centred Therapy
Additional therapeutic training
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) techniques
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT)
Specialist assessment training
- MIGDAS-2 (Monteiro Interview Guidelines for Diagnosing the Autism Spectrum, Second Edition), trained directly with Dr Marilyn Monteiro
- Adult ADHD assessment using clinical interview, validated rating scales, and developmental history
Professional memberships
Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), registered Counselling Psychologist
Professional experience
Before retraining as a psychologist, I spent 25 years working in financial services as a qualified actuary, much of that time overseas. That background informs my work with finance and technology professionals, who often arrive at therapy needing a clinician who can engage with the realities of high-pressure professional life without needing them translated.
I work with adults across three main areas: therapy for the patterns that high-pressure professional life produces (perfectionism, burnout, identity questions), neuro-affirming adult autism and ADHD assessment, and recovery work after coercive-control or narcissistic-abuse relationships. Sessions take place online via Microsoft Teams or in person at Bayswater (W2) and Chancery Lane (WC1R) in central London.
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 HCPC are an independent, UK-wide health regulator. They set standards of professional training, performance and conduct for 16 professions.
They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I offer financial therapy.
Financial therapy addresses the psychological, emotional, and behavioural aspects of money: financial anxiety, money-related shame, financial trauma (including financial abuse within coercive-control relationships), problem gambling, compulsive spending, and the psychological impact of high-pressure finance careers. The discipline is internationally recognised. The Financial Therapy Association was founded in 2010 and publishes the peer-reviewed Journal of Financial Therapy.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£150.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I accept insurance from Aviva, BUPA, Cigna, Vitality and WPA.
I offer a free 10-minute online consultation:
https://book.carepatron.com/Dr-Louise-Legg/Dr?p=WPPFEiGrSDqrhepO.ICnlQ&s=IdVCbbsD&i=lL811NOJ
When I work
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Further information
I offer sessions online and I am also able to offer in person sessions in Bayswater, and at Gray's Inn, Chancery lane. London.
Please note I use WhatsApp, FaceTime, and MSTeams for online work.
