Louise Wood, BACP

Louise Wood offers a calm, down-to-earth place to start talking when life feels overwhelming. She meets people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low mood and confidence, and those carrying the weight of past trauma or difficult life changes. Her style is straightforward and respectful, focused on helping people notice patterns in their thoughts and everyday habits and find practical steps forward.

She works from the view that each person knows their own story best. That means sessions centre on the person's experiences and goals rather than a one-size approach. Louise aims to help people build on their strengths and try manageable changes that fit their daily life.

Over seven years of professional practice she has supported people with issues such as addiction, grief, anger and compassion fatigue, and with questions around identity including LGBT concerns. She also has experience with attachment-related difficulties, abandonment and the effects of foster or adoptive backgrounds.

Louise uses approaches rooted in client-centred, existential and psychodynamic work. In practice this can mean listening closely to what matters to a person, exploring values and meaning, and noticing how past relationships shape current patterns.

The tone in sessions tends to be steady and pragmatic. People can expect a space to talk things through, try new ways of relating to difficult thoughts and everyday habits, and plan small, concrete steps that make life feel more manageable.

How Louise's approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy is about listening closely and following the person's lead. It helps when someone needs a non-judgemental space to make sense of feelings and decide what matters to them. Existential Therapy looks at values, meaning and choice. It can support people facing big life changes or questions about purpose. Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to patterns shaped by earlier relationships and how these show up now; it can help with recurring difficulties in relationships and repeated reactions to stress.

Finding the right approach is usually a joint process. The therapist will discuss what matters to the person, try out ways of working and adjust based on what helps most. That collaborative route aims to match methods to a person's goals rather than sticking to one fixed plan.

The original profile does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm the exact options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people connect with a therapist while managing work, caring responsibilities or mobility constraints without having to rearrange large parts of their day.