About me
Hello, I’m Louise, an accredited counsellor & psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience working in the NHS. My work as an ICU nurse led to my interest in supporting people with their trauma recovery. I have particular expertise in healing from anxiety, PTSD & complex trauma, through my work & research in this area.
I also provided counselling to NHS staff for 10 years, so I have a broader range of experience too, supporting people with bereavement, stress, issues related to childhood, relationship difficulties, depression and experiences around pregnancy, birth & postpartum.
We don’t THINK anxiety, depression or symptoms of trauma, we FEEL them. Our emotions override our logic.
This is why we can’t THINK our way out of trauma, we need to work at a nervous system level, where it’s held in our bodies.
To achieve somatic healing, I use a ‘bottom up’ approach, working with body sensations, breath-work & visualisations. This enables us to access the emotions that have been stuck (sometimes for many years), feel them fully and then let them go. Healing from trauma is not only possible but transformative.
I integrate my original person centred and psychodynamic training with more modern trauma informed approaches. I use the Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM) and am SE, IFS & DBR informed.
Please do contact me to set up a free 15min consultation to find out more and see if I am the right therapist for you.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Master's in Counselling from the University of Edinburgh (MCouns) 2010-2014
- Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM) Basic training with Lisa Schwartz & Dr Frank Corrigan.
- Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM) Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) training.
- Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM) Core Self Training.
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) Introduction.
- Deep brain reorienting (DBR) with Dr Frank Corrigan.
- Introduction to Somatic Experiencing (SE) with Elspeth Messenger.
- Bereavement counselling- UofE
- Couples counselling - UofE
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.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£75.00 per session
Additional information
Please do set up a free 20 minute call to discuss your needs.
I know it can be daunting reaching out but I’m here to help you find the right support for you.
