Louise Prew MBACP Registered. Counselling Dip.

Hello and welcome

If you have reached me, I understand that there may be a part of yourself that feels uncomfortable, unmanageable and perhaps a bit scared today. But you are here and these are your first steps to recovery and true self-care.

I want to speak from the ‘I’ position instead of saying ‘You’ because there is a good chance I have been where you are. Although everyone is unique in their experience – I have been in some dark emotional places and I also know that I can go there again because life is not an easy straight line of 'okayness'. I can potentially step into difficulty again because it’s part of the journey of life and what the universe throws at me. I’ll just be better armoured because of the work I have done on myself and the time I have invested in working through my ‘stuff’ enabling me to glean self-acceptance and empowerment through voicing my trauma and understanding it with the help of another.

I can help you get there if you are ready.

I qualified three years ago to be a a counsellor and psychotherapist. I love my work and see it as one of the most inspirational ways to work. My passion is people and helping them with difficulty in their lives, whatever that may be as my practice is diverse. I learn so much from my clients experience and I take pride in reading and attending CPD weekly to increase my knowledge, academia and mindset. My experience is varied. I have worked in six schools. I am currently working in two trauma-informed schools as Counselling Lead. Before this I worked in both women's refuge and advocacy for domestic violence and in Psychological Services, CAMHS, serving young people under the NHS. I currently work for One in Four - a child sexual abuse agency for both children and adults and OSARCC- Oxford Rape Crisis, counselling adults affected by both historic multiple sexual traumas and child sexual abuse. My work is highly varied.