Counsellor profile
Louise Gillies, BACP
Counsellor - Grief and Parenting
See online counselling options- Grief support
- Parenting concerns
- ADHD challenges
About Louise
Counsellor Louise Gillies is a BACP member with ten years' experience. She works with grief, parenting, self esteem and ADHD, and helps people facing fertility difficulty, pregnancy loss, chronic health conditions and early parenting challenges.
Louise talks plainly in sessions. She focuses on immediate concerns like concentration, memory and confidence, and on the emotional impact of illness or loss. Conversations are paced to the person's needs and aim to find practical steps that feel manageable.
Her approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centred methods and mindfulness. Louise uses these to help people notice thoughts and feelings, clarify values, and practise small changes between sessions. Solution-focused techniques are used when clients want short-term, goal-oriented work.
She has worked with people through life transitions such as the empty nest, menopause and retirement. She also addresses caregiver stress, communication problems, divorce, fatherhood issues and relationship strains linked to separation or infidelity.
Sessions are run from the United Kingdom and are conducted in English. International clients are accepted. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session via the See online counselling options button.
Approaches used and how online counselling works
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on what matters to them. It can be useful for grief, low motivation and life changes. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person in front of the counsellor, offering space to speak and to understand feelings; this can help with parenting stress and self esteem.Mindfulness Therapy encourages simple practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. It can support people with ADHD challenges and chronic health conditions by building short, practical habits for coping day to day. Louise will discuss these approaches and work with the client to decide which fits best. That decision is collaborative and can change as needs and goals evolve.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm which formats are currently offered before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into everyday life, for example by avoiding travel, allowing a quieter room at work for a short check-in, or choosing not to use a camera. Registered or accredited professionals routinely use these options to help clients keep therapy practical and to fit it around other commitments.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She helps with grief, parenting, self esteem and ADHD, plus related issues such as fertility difficulties, pregnancy loss and chronic health conditions.
What is her therapeutic style?
Work is conversational and practical. She uses acceptance, mindfulness and client-centred methods, and includes solution-focused steps when helpful.
How long has she practised?
She has ten years' experience working with these issues.
Which professional body is she with and where does she practise?
She is listed with BACP and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified here; please confirm current options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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.