Louise Shepherd, BACP

Louise Shepherd is a counsellor with seven years' experience supporting people through anxiety, stress and burnout. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth help for those who feel emotionally drained or stuck. Louise explains things simply and looks for small steps that make everyday life feel easier.

Her sessions often centre on what the person wants to change. She listens without judgement and works at the client’s pace. Louise uses a mix of client-centred listening and goal-focused techniques to help people spot patterns and try new ways of coping.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is one of the methods she uses to break unhelpful thoughts and habits. Mindfulness practices help people notice feelings without getting overwhelmed. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at how past relationships can affect present behaviour.

Louise helps with relationship worries, intimacy-related issues and communication problems. She supports people dealing with parenting strain, career stress, anger and midlife questions. Trauma, abuse and domestic violence are also listed among her focus areas.

Louise holds BACP, which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She works in the United Kingdom and runs sessions in English. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to her availability.

How Louise uses practical therapies online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding what matters to the person. The counsellor follows the client's lead and helps clarify goals and values. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going and offers practical tasks to change them. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple exercises to notice feelings and reduce reactivity.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Louise will discuss different options and decide together what fits the client's needs and aims. This collaborative process means techniques can change as progress is made and new priorities emerge.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time and allowing sessions during a lunch break or between appointments. It can also make shorter check-ins simpler when less time is available. Registered or accredited professionals often adapt exercises and homework to suit remote sessions so progress continues between meetings.