Louise Baxter

Louise Baxter is a licensed integrative psychotherapist who draws on a range of therapeutic approaches to meet each person’s unique needs. She describes her work as a toolkit - through collaborative exploration she helps clients identify and use the techniques that suit them best.

She has extensive experience supporting people with a variety of complex mental health concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, bereavement, suicidal ideation, relationship and family dynamics, attachment, self-esteem and motivation, among others. Her practice is client-led and focused on the individual’s needs and goals.

Louise offers person-centred humanistic therapy, which concentrates on self-development, recognising strengths and exploring personal choice to overcome barriers to growth. She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to examine patterns of thinking and behaviour and to develop practical strategies for change. For trauma-related work she provides trauma-focused interventions including Integral Eye Movement Therapy (IEMT), a method that uses guided eye movement to address the ways people learn to feel about distressing events (see https://integraleyemovementtherapy.com/ for more on IEMT).

Other approaches in her practice include solution-focused brief therapy, which emphasises clients' existing resources and future hopes to build solutions, and Transactional Analysis (TA), a model that helps people understand communication patterns and behavioural transactions with others. Louise aims to create a supportive environment where clients can discuss their concerns and together devise a plan to achieve the outcomes they want.

She encourages questions about the therapy process and what to expect, and views investing in therapy as an investment in oneself, offering guidance and support throughout the journey.