Louise Ralph

• Stress and anxiety
• Person-centred work
• Telephone and video

About Louise

Louise Ralph works with people on stress, anxiety, addictions, relationships, grief and a wide range of emotional and behavioural concerns. She uses an integrative approach that draws on person-centred work and psychodynamic ideas, and she is a member of the BACP with eight years' experience.

Louise trained to Diploma Level 4 in therapeutic counselling and psychotherapy and runs a private practice just outside London. She also works as an associate EAP telephone counsellor for PAM Assist UK and with Validium Health Heroes UK. Her background includes bereavement support volunteering at St Christopher's hospice, which informed her early practice.

In sessions she focuses on building a trusting therapeutic relationship first. She offers a mix of person-centred talk work and psychodynamic reflection to help people understand patterns, feelings and relationships. Louise also draws on other methods where helpful to address coping, emotion regulation and practical problems.

Clients come with a wide range of issues including mood, trauma, behaviour and relationship difficulties, as well as concerns about parenting, work and life changes. She lists approaches such as Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy among those she uses alongside client-centred practice.

Louise offers sessions by telephone and video and runs appointments daytime, evenings and Saturday daytime. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, clients use the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

How her therapeutic approaches fit with remote sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early experiences affect current feelings and connections; it can help with relationship difficulties, attachment issues and trust concerns. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own perspective and the therapist's listening and reflection to support self-understanding and decision making; it is useful for low mood, self-esteem and life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) works with thoughts and behaviours to reduce unhelpful patterns and build practical coping skills for anxiety, depression and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Louise will discuss what feels most useful and adapt methods based on the client's needs, goals and preferences. The choice of approach is collaborative and can be reviewed as therapy progresses.

The biography states she offers telephone and video sessions. These formats can make it easier to fit counselling around work or family commitments, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. If you need confirmation of the exact session options available now, check before booking.

Topics Louise lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Addictions
• Relationship issues
• Grief
• Depression
• LGBT
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Self-esteem
• Career difficulties
• Bipolar disorder
• Coping with life changes
• Coaching
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Antisocial personality
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Avoidant personality
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
• Dissociation
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Eating and food-related issues
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Fertility issues
• Forgiveness
• Gender dysphoria
• Guilt and shame
• Hoarding
• Hospice and end-of-life counselling
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Money and financial issues
• Mood disorders
• Narcissism
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Paranoia
• Personality disorders
• Phobias
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sex addiction
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexual dysfunction
• Sexuality
• Quitting smoking or vaping
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy

Questions about Louise

Does she work with anxiety and depression?

Yes. She lists anxiety, depression and related mood concerns among her areas of work.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She offers integrative counselling combining person-centred work and psychodynamic approaches, along with other methods such as CBT and DBT when appropriate.

How much experience does she have?

She has eight years' experience working as a therapeutic counsellor and psychotherapist.

Is she registered with any professional body in the UK?

Yes. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP.

Can I have sessions in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats does she provide?

The biography states she provides telephone and video sessions; confirm 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 working with her?

Click the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule your first session.