Counsellor profile
Louise Banks, BACP
Counsellor for stress and life changes
See online counselling options- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- 17 years experience
About Louise
Counsellor Louise Banks is a BACP member with 17 years' experience. She helps people in the United Kingdom with stress, anxiety, grief, self esteem, depression and coping with life changes.
Louise works in a conversational, client-centred way. She treats people as the expert on their own story and builds on their strengths. She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques when they may be useful for symptoms like low mood, worry or sleep problems.
Sessions focus on practical steps and on understanding what maintains problems day to day. Louise talks through strategies for coping, and helps people test small changes between sessions. She pays attention to how thoughts, feelings and actions link together and to what gets in the way of better sleep or motivation.
Louise has supported people facing loss, long-term illness, caring responsibilities and major life transitions. She also works with issues such as abandonment, codependency, family problems, communication difficulties and OCD-type patterns. Conversations can include end-of-life concerns and the stresses of caregiving when those come up.
People can expect straightforward language and a focus on clear, manageable steps. The counsellor asks about practical needs and preferences and adapts the work as things change. To begin, people are invited to use the site process to match and book an initial appointment.
How Louise uses client-centred work and CBT online
Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s own perspective first. The counsellor listens closely and follows what matters to the client. This approach helps when people want to explore feelings, make sense of loss, or come to decisions about life changes.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It offers practical techniques for managing worry, low mood and sleep problems. CBT work can include simple experiments, thought records and short behavioural tasks to try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Louise will discuss goals, preferences and the problem you want to tackle. She will suggest ways of working and check in regularly so the approach can be adjusted if needed.
The original profile does not list which online or in-person formats she uses. Confirm the available session formats before booking so you know how the appointments will fit into your week. Online working can make it easier to fit counselling around work, care duties or mobility limits and can reduce travel time for appointments.
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 most?
She helps with stress, anxiety, grief, low self esteem, depression and coping with life changes. Additional areas include chronic illness, caregiving, family problems and OCD patterns.
What is her style in sessions?
She uses a client-centred approach and listens for each person’s strengths. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques may be used for practical skills and thought patterns.
How long has she worked as a counsellor?
She has 17 years of professional experience in counselling work.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is a BACP member as stated in her profile and practices in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
International clients are accepted. Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
The original profile does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the site process.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.