Louise Baxter, BACP, NCPS

Louise Baxter is a counsellor with BACP and NCPS registration and six years' clinical practice in the United Kingdom. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, addictions, grief, parenting pressures and anger among other issues. Sessions are client-led and focused on practical steps rather than labels.

Her way of working mixes talking therapies with approaches that target behaviour, emotions and attachment patterns. She describes her practice as an integrative toolkit and helps people try different methods to see what fits. That can mean looking at thoughts and behaviours, exploring attachment histories, or using emotion-focused techniques in the room.

Louise uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and experiment with new responses. She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current reactions, especially where anger or trust issues are present.

Sessions may also include elements of client-centred work and emotionally-focused approaches to help people feel heard and to practise clearer communication. For trauma-related issues she includes trauma-focused methods and eye movement techniques when appropriate, aiming to reduce the emotional charge linked to distressing memories.

Her practical focus covers everyday problems like sleep, work stress, parenting strains and managing anger in relationships. She encourages collaborative planning so each person can set realistic steps between sessions. To begin, clients use a short questionnaire and then schedule a first session to agree goals and the best mix of methods.

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