Children/Young Person & Adult Counsellor/Psychotherapist
Louise is an integrative humanistic creative counsellor who works pluralistically, this emphasises collaboration with clients and focuses on their individual qualities and needs. Louise specialises in working with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES), Bereavement and Loss, Neurodiversity (Autism, ADHD), Trauma Therapy, Young People. She provides therapy to clients exploring life opportunities and experiences, intrusive thoughts, anxiety, low self-esteem, childhood trauma, and children and young people in private practice and local educational settings
Louise’s unique background working within the specialist educational sector and personal counselling experience has driven her nurturing side, honing her ability to offer compassionate understanding and drive to offer a listening ear. Louise feels a deep connection to herself because of her life journey and healing from childhood trauma, with this in mind she brings her knowledge and expertise to further support not only children but their wider family.
Louise is experienced within the specialist behavioural academy educational setting to utilise a whole family approach in managing neurodiverse and behavioural support. She emphasises supporting the child/young person by enabling the team around the child with training.
Louise uses an approach known as Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy which bases on a technique known as ‘PACE’ (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy). She can work with either the Therapeutic Parenting model or a Parental Alienation-Informed approach. With a working understanding family courts, Divorcing, breaking up, and co-parenting in a positive way that puts the child at the centre of the process and accepts the role of both parents and the wider family.
Louise’s unique background in registered childcare, early years children’s development and progressing through different educational settings has shaped her ability to provide high-level mental health support. With experience managing differing behavioural barriers to learning, supporting, and recognizing a diverse and inclusive education for all.
Louise is accomplished in supporting a varied range of diverse needs and areas including the Attachment focused approach, adverse childhood experience and early trauma, significant trauma, bereaved families, children with cancer, Neurotypical behaviour, and violent tendencies, supporting families and young persons during a process of diagnosis and further support as a specialist teaching assistant but also enabling and supporting mental health and emotional wellbeing as a trained Emotional Literacy Support Assistant.
Louise prides herself on an excellent understanding of global mental health, this she uses to support diverse needs with awareness of cultural, ethnic, and religion aspects in connection to the client’s context and family unit.
