- Person-centred approach
- Psychodynamic influence
- Telephone and video
About Louise
Louise Ralph is a BACP-registered counsellor and psychotherapist with eight years' experience based in the United Kingdom. She offers daytime, evening and Saturday daytime appointments. Her work covers a wide range of difficulties including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship issues, grief and blended family issues among many others.
Louise uses an integrative approach, combining psychodynamic ideas with person-centred practice. She aims to build a trusting working relationship and uses that relationship to help people talk through patterns that cause pain or repeat unhelpful responses.
Louise provides sessions by telephone and video. She also works as an associate EAP telephone counsellor and with Validium Health Heroes UK alongside her private practice. That experience means she is used to brief workplace-focused conversations as well as longer therapy work.
In sessions she focuses on what matters right now and on small changes that make daily life easier. Conversations can cover past experiences that still affect current feelings, practical strategies for managing strong emotions, or ways to handle relationship and communication problems.
People come to her for help with parenting strain, stepfamily tensions, intimacy-related concerns, sleep or eating difficulties, ADHD-related coping, anger, or career stress. She also offers bereavement support and works with people facing serious illness or caring responsibilities.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule an initial session. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Louise makes use of attachment-based ideas and person-centred principles in online sessions. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current trust and closeness, which can be useful for relationship tensions and loyalty conflicts in stepfamilies. Person-centred work focuses on listening and helping people find their own solutions, which suits conversations about values, parenting choices and personal boundaries.She also draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to help with specific patterns such as anxiety, sleep problems or unhelpful thinking. CBT-style techniques are practical and can involve setting small behavioural steps, testing beliefs and using simple exercises between meetings. Louise treats the selection of approaches as collaborative and will help clients choose what fits their goals and preferences as therapy progresses.
Sessions are offered by telephone and video according to the biography, so check the current options before booking if you need a particular format. Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives - they can be shorter check-ins, avoid travel time, and suit people who need evening or Saturday daytime appointments. Registered or accredited professionals like Louise aim to adapt pace and tools so work feels manageable within everyday routines.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with a wide range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship problems and blended family issues.
What style of therapy does she use?
She uses an integrative mix of person-centred work and psychodynamic ideas, drawing on approaches like attachment-based and cognitive behavioural ideas when helpful.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years' experience working in private practice and with employee assistance programmes and support services.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She is based in the United Kingdom and is BACP registered.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are used?
She provides telephone and video sessions; confirm current session options before booking if you need a specific format.
How are sessions charged?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.