Louise ClaydonBACP

Louise Claydon is a BACP counsellor with 11 years of clinical experience. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem and major life changes. She also offers coaching-style work to help clients build resilience and practical coping skills.

Her manner is warm and non-judgemental. Sessions focus on what the client wants to change and on clear, achievable steps. Louise uses a mixture of talking therapies and practical tools so conversations stay down-to-earth and useful.

Clients often come for help with attachment concerns, abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, blended family pressures, body image and communication problems. She also supports people affected by cancer, caregiving stress, divorce and separation, and those coping after disasters or loss.

Her work draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness. These approaches are used flexibly to match each person’s needs rather than following a rigid plan.

Louise has worked in private practice and within the NHS, giving her a mix of short-term and longer-term therapy experience. She accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions as guided by the service.

How Louise’s approaches translate to online counselling

Attachment-based work focuses on relationships and emotional safety. It helps people understand patterns from early connections and how those patterns shape present relationships and feelings.

Client-centred counselling means the counsellor follows the client’s lead and offers empathic listening. This approach is useful when someone needs a space to make sense of their feelings and decide what matters most to them.

Cognitive behavioural techniques look at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect. They are used to build practical skills for managing anxiety, low mood and unhelpful behaviours.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with the client about goals and preferences and help choose methods that suit their needs. This is a collaborative process rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online options before booking. Many people find online or remote sessions help fit therapy into busy lives, for example by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a work break, or making it easier to maintain continuity when living abroad. Registered or accredited professionals offer online therapy as a way to bring regular sessions into everyday routines without changing the therapeutic focus.