Louise Banks
Calm, practical support for stress and loss
About Louise
Louise Banks is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people managing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports those facing big life changes and difficulties with sleep. Louise works with each person at their own pace and aims to make the first steps feel manageable.
Louise brings 17 years of professional experience to her practice and holds BACP accreditation. She believes people know their own story and that therapy is a partnership.
Background and approach
Her role is to listen, reflect back what she hears, and help people find practical ways to cope. Her style is warm and down-to-earth. Sessions are straightforward and focused on what matters now.
She combines a person-centred approach with cognitive behavioural ideas to help change unhelpful thinking and behaviour over time. Clients come with many different concerns besides the core areas listed. Louise also addresses issues such as abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, communication problems, relationship endings, and guilt and shame.
She works to make bigger problems feel more understandable and manageable. Practical tools are part of the work. Louise may suggest simple exercises for sleep, worry management and daily routines.
She also uses talking and reflection so people can reconnect with their values and sense of purpose. Taking the first step can feel hard and Louise aims to make booking and starting therapy as clear and simple as possible. She discusses goals with each person and adapts the approach to what feels most useful.
What Louise works with
How Louise works
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Sessions & fees
How Louise uses talking and practical techniques online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so the person feels heard and can explore what matters most. This approach helps when someone is unsure where to start or needs space to make sense of strong emotions.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact. It uses simple exercises and practical steps to reduce anxiety, improve sleep and change unhelpful habits. CBT can be useful for worry, low mood and repetitive behaviours.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist works together with each person to decide what feels most useful, adjusting methods based on the person's goals and preferences. This collaborative way makes it easier to try short exercises and review what helps.
Online sessions offer flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls let people use facial cues and a fuller conversation, while phone sessions can work when less bandwidth is available. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflection or people who prefer not to use a camera. These options help fit therapy around work, caregiving or other commitments and make it easier to keep momentum between sessions.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
