Louise Smith
Practical support for emotional and relationship struggles
About Louise
Louise Smith helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, anger, depression, addictions and intimacy-related concerns. She also supports people facing low self-esteem, career uncertainty, bipolar challenges and major life changes. Louise is named up front to make it clear who the reader will meet.
She works in a calm, collaborative way and asks questions to understand each person's story. Sessions focus on what matters now and on small, practical steps to feel steadier.
Background and approach
Louise uses talking, reflective listening and guided exercises during appointments. Louise is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, BACP, and has three years of professional experience. That background has given her experience with addiction, bereavement, communication problems and issues such as abandonment and attachment concerns.
Her approach draws on client-centred work, mindfulness and solution-focused techniques. That means the conversation centres on the person's experience, attention to present-moment coping, and looking for realistic, short-term changes that make life easier. People might come with worries about body image, codependency, commitment concerns, dissociation or eating-related struggles.
Louise aims to help people recognise their strengths and learn tools they can use between sessions. The tone in her practice is straightforward and supportive. To begin, she helps people clarify their goals and pick simple steps they can try.
The focus is on practical progress and building more predictable ways to manage emotions and relationships.
What Louise works with
How Louise works
Listed by Louise among the ways they work.
Listed by Louise among the ways they work.
Listed by Louise among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
Approaches that suit online counselling
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening closely and helping the person feel understood. It puts the person's own goals at the centre and helps build confidence to make changes. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce overwhelm and improve focus. It can be useful for anxiety, stress and mood regulation. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, achievable steps and on what is already working; it helps people move forward when they want quick, practical change.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Louise will help figure out which methods match the person's needs, goals and preferences. She treats this as a collaborative process and checks in about what is or is not helpful as therapy progresses.
Online sessions can happen by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls let people see non-verbal cues and support deeper conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when a silent check-in is preferred. Live chat and text are useful for brief updates, flexible scheduling and times when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life, while still working with trained registered or accredited professionals and therapists.
| 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
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
