Louise Waterfall, BACP

Louise Waterfall is a counsellor who uses a client-centred approach to help people make sense of difficult times. She works in a straightforward way, listening closely and helping people notice what matters to them. Louise holds BACP registration and brings 12 years of practice experience to each conversation.

Her way of working is practical and experiential. Sessions focus on discovering a person's next steps and what supports their growth. She often uses somatic awareness, gentle movement and visualisation to help people connect with feelings held in the body.

Louise sees many common struggles including stress, anxiety, depression and grief. She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related issues, caring and caregiver stress, addiction concerns and eating or body image difficulties. She frames challenges as opportunities to understand yourself better and to move forward.

Her approach draws on existential ideas about meaning and choice, alongside client-centred listening that follows a person's pace. In short blocks of work she aims to identify a clear focus and practical ways to progress. Work can include self-empathy exercises, gesture, imagination and somatic practices to support emotional regulation.

Sessions are offered in English and Louise accepts international clients. If you want to explore a caring role, life change or longer-standing patterns such as attachment or codependency, she helps people talk through what feels most important and what might change next.

How Louise's approaches work online and in session

Client-centred therapy puts the person's experience first. The counsellor listens without directing the story and helps the person find their own answers, which can suit people dealing with stress, grief or relationship problems.

Existential therapy looks at meaning, choice and how people live with uncertainty. It can help when life changes, career doubts or feelings of emptiness are causing distress, by naming values and options.

Somatic work brings attention to the body. Simple awareness, guided gesture and breath exercises help people notice where emotions show up physically and develop ways to regulate strong feelings like panic, anger or dissociation.

Finding the best approach is part of the process. The counsellor will discuss goals and preferences and jointly decide which methods to try. That way the work stays practical and matched to what a person needs right now.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking because formats were not specified in the original profile. Many people find online work helpful for fitting therapy into a busy week, reducing travel and keeping sessions to a single hour. Others prefer shorter check-ins when time is limited. Discussing timing and what works day-to-day helps therapy fit into real life.