About me
Are you looking for a safe space to work through challenges, feel heard and seen, and explore the possibility of doing something different? I'm Louise, and I am a creative, integrative therapist with a small private practice in North Yorkshire.
Feeling anxious, experiencing relationship issues, or just feeling stuck, counselling is about supporting you, offering you a space to be heard and guiding you towards doing something different. It’s not one-size-fits-all—different approaches or learning new coping skills, are designed around you and what you need.
Sometimes, finding the words to explain what's going on can be quite challenging - we might draw, use clay, or work with different objects or emotion cards to help you explore your feelings and responses to situations.
I work in a trauma-informed way, noticing how the body carries the emotional load - we may work with the breath, grounding techniques and mindfulness. I am passionate about what I do and it is a privilege to work alongside clients, to help them unlock and explore life's messy stuff together.
If you would like more information, or a chat about whether counselling feels right for what you're experiencing, please get in touch.
Training, qualifications & experience
Before training as a therapist, I worked in education as a secondary school teacher for over 20 years. The continuation of my counselling work within an FE college and a small alternative education hub, have highlighted how stressful and challenging this environment remains, particularly for neurodivergent young people. I have a particular interest in working with students and young adults, and those supporting young people who work in frontline public sector roles.
I have worked with work stress, grief and loss, trauma, family and relationships issues, adverse childhood experiences, separation and divorce, anxiety, low mood and depression, experiences of being othered, identity issues, ADHD and neurodivergence.
Qualifications
- Post Graduate Diploma (Distinction) Integrative Counselling - Leeds Beckett University
- Certificate in Counselling Skills
- PGCE (11-18 years)
- BA (Hons)
Recent training
- Creative Counselling Interventions: Nesting Dolls
- Webinar: Domestic Abuse and the use of Sexual Violence
- Keeping Children Safe in Education
- Prevent
- Single-Session Therapy: An Introduction Workshop
I am a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), and work within their Ethical Framework.
Member organisations
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
£55.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Blue Light card holder £50 per session
When I work
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Further information
As we explore what is going on for you, I will offer warmth, sensitivity and challenge. We’ll find the approaches that work best for you. I will take time to listen, without judgement, to help you make better sense of things.
We can explore whether my approach feels like a good fit for you, in a free initial 20 min call.
