Louise Bell, BACP

Louise Bell offers support for people struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and low self-esteem. She is known for helping clients who feel stuck after difficult relationships, loss, or major life changes. Louise uses straightforward talk and practical steps to help people feel steadier and more in control.

Her approach is personalised. She listens to each person’s story and helps them identify what they are still carrying from the past. Then she works with them to reduce the hold those memories have on daily life. Sessions focus on small, practical changes as well as making sense of painful events.

Louise draws on client-centred therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), existential ideas, and trauma-focused approaches to shape sessions. That means she balances listening and reflection with techniques to tackle unhelpful thoughts and reactions. The aim is to reduce anxiety and build more confidence in everyday situations.

She also offers practical guidance around setting boundaries and managing interactions with people who behave manipulatively. Louise helps people plan safer ways to relate to others while noticing possible consequences of different choices.

Louise holds membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She works in the United Kingdom and runs a short matching process for new clients. To begin, people use the Start Therapy button and complete a brief questionnaire to be matched and schedule sessions.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and helping a person feel heard. The therapist offers empathy and reflection to help people find their own solutions and regain confidence. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviours and teaches practical techniques to reduce anxiety and unhelpful patterns. It often involves short exercises between sessions to build new habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try methods that fit the person's needs. This is a collaborative process where approaches can be adjusted as progress is reviewed.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the exact session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time and allowing appointments during a lunch break or after work. It can also allow shorter check-ins when that suits the day's schedule or fewer demands on bandwidth when video is difficult. Registered or accredited professionals, including those who use the approaches above, can adapt practical tools like CBT exercises and reflective client-centred conversations to remote formats to help people manage stress, grief and trauma-related symptoms.