Counsellor profile
Louise Banks, BACP
Based in United Kingdom · 17 years of experience
Counsellor for anxiety, grief and life changes
Continue with LouiseAt a glance
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom (396608)
- Qualifications
- BACP
- Experience
- 17 years
- Languages
- English
- Based in
- United Kingdom
Details come from information Louise supplied to BetterHelp.
- Client‑centred counselling
- Cognitive behavioural therapy
- Support for sleep issues
About Louise
BACP. 17 years' experience. Louise Banks works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self‑esteem, depression and coping with life changes. She also focuses on sleep problems, abandonment issues, caregiving stress, chronic illness and pain, and relationship and family difficulties.
Louise introduces counselling as a collaborative process. She says the person is the expert on their own story and that strengths already present can help tackle current challenges. In sessions she combines listening with practical support and may draw on different ways of working as needed.
Her approach includes client‑centred counselling, which puts the person's experience at the centre of conversations and aims to make talking about difficult feelings easier. She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy to look at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and to try small, practical changes that can reduce distress.
Louise has worked in professional counselling roles for 17 years. That experience includes supporting people through grief, end‑of‑life concerns and long‑term health issues, as well as common mental health difficulties such as anxiety and depression.
Sessions are delivered in English and she accepts international clients. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How her approaches work for online counselling
Client‑centred counselling focuses on the person's own perspective and aims to make discussing thoughts and feelings easier. In practice this means the counsellor listens, reflects what is said and supports the person to follow their own priorities; it can help with grief, low self‑esteem and coping with life changes.Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and tries straightforward, practical steps to reduce distress. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems and compulsive thoughts by testing small changes and building different habits.
Choosing the right way of working is part of the process; the counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful and will agree the approach together. This is a collaborative conversation and the method can be adjusted as therapy progresses.
Confirm the current session options before booking as the biography does not specify them. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check‑ins when needed. It can also suit people who prefer not to use video on some occasions, or who need a format that requires less bandwidth.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
17+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self‑esteem, depression and coping with life changes, plus related issues such as sleep problems, caregiving stress and chronic illness.
How would she describe her counselling style?
She uses a client‑centred approach that focuses on the person's experience and combines that with practical support when useful.
How much experience does she have?
She has 17 years of professional counselling experience.
What credentials and where is she based?
She is listed with BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
International clients are accepted and sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm the current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions operate via a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start counselling with her?
Select the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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