Louise Wood
Calm, practical support for overwhelming moments
About Louise
Louise Wood works with people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression. She aims to create a calm space where someone can talk through what feels overwhelming and start to find small, practical steps forward. Louise uses a respectful, non-judgemental style and believes the person knows their own life best.
Louise is a BACP counsellor, which means she follows the ethical and professional standards of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Background and approach
She has seven years of experience supporting people with trauma and abuse, addictions, grief and anger, and with issues such as abandonment, attachment and control. Her background also includes work with first responder concerns, hospice and end-of-life matters, and HIV/AIDS related distress. In sessions she focuses on listening carefully and helping people notice their strengths.
Conversations are grounded in the person’s real life and aim to turn insight into practical change. She draws on client-centred ways of working and longer-term thinking about patterns that shape feelings and relationships. Louise also uses ideas from existential therapy to help people face big life questions and find personal meaning after loss or major change.
This can help when someone feels stuck, empty, or unsure about their next step. She supports people coping with dissociation, domestic violence, and drug or alcohol addiction with sensitivity and steady guidance. People can expect clear, compassionate conversation and help building coping strategies that fit everyday life.
Louise encourages gradual progress and tailors her approach to each person’s needs and goals.
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Sessions & fees
How Louise’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on building a trusting, non-judgemental relationship where the person’s own goals guide the work. It is useful for anxiety, low self-esteem and coping with life changes because sessions follow what the person says matters most.Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice and personal responsibility. It can help when someone feels empty, stuck or is asking big questions after loss, trauma or major change. Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to patterns, past relationships and unconscious feelings that influence how someone behaves now, which can be useful for attachment issues and repeated relationship problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Louise will work collaboratively to decide which ideas to use and will adapt the style over time to match the person’s needs, goals and preferences. The aim is to try things that feel useful and adjust if something does not fit.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls are close to an in-person session and allow visual connection, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or text messaging can suit people who prefer written reflection or want ongoing support between calls. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| 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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- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
