Louise Taylor

Louise Catherine Taylor is an accredited psychotherapeutic counsellor registered with the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society. She has five years of clinical experience working with people facing emotional and relational difficulties.

She supports clients with a range of concerns including relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, anxiety and depression. Her approach is adaptable and tailored to each person’s needs.

Before qualifying as a counsellor, Louise worked as an actor, a dance and drama teacher, a lecturer at a specialist college for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism spectrum conditions, an assistant to an art therapist in Singapore, and as a tutor and mentor for university students experiencing mental health difficulties.

Louise’s therapeutic style is eclectic - she is trained in person-centred counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy and expressive therapies such as art, music, movement and story making. She has completed extensive additional training to work safely with traumatised clients, including Applied Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT).

Creativity plays a strong role in her practice. Outside of work she enjoys martial arts, running and yoga, and she performs with Playback Theatre, a company that improvises audience stories. If talking feels difficult, Louise can offer alternate ways to work such as drawing or expressive writing - no special artistic skill is required.

She aims to create an open, non-judgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored. Louise will listen without telling clients what to do and will support them in finding their own answers as they pursue a more fulfilling and happier life.

Her formal qualifications include a Post Graduate Certificate in Advanced Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies, an MSc in Forensic Psychology (with merit), an MSc in Psychology (with distinction), a Level 5 Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling Practice, a Post Graduate Certificate of Education for Post-Compulsory Education and Training, and a BA Hons in Theatre Studies.