Louise Baxter

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Eye Movement techniques
• Person-centred work

About Louise

Louise Baxter helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, and issues with self-esteem and mood using an integrative approach she describes as a toolkit. She uses methods chosen to suit each person and works in a client-led way. Louise is registered with BACP and NCPS and has six years' experience in practice in the United Kingdom.

She works with a wide range of concerns including addiction, grief, parenting strains, eating and sleeping difficulties, intimate relationship issues, anger, career pressures and neurodiversity-related challenges such as ADHD. She also focuses on abandonment and attachment issues, body image, codependency, communication and control problems, dissociation and the impacts of domestic violence.

Louise blends person-centred work with cognitive behavioural approaches to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to support values-based action, Emotionally-Focused Therapy for relational and attachment concerns, and attachment-based methods to explore early relationship patterns.

For trauma-related difficulties she draws on trauma-focused techniques including Eye Movement work as one option to reduce distress linked to past events. She also uses solution-focused strategies and transactional analysis to map communication patterns and identify practical steps forward.

Sessions are led by the person attending and aim to identify goals, build coping skills and find workable strategies. The counsellor invites questions about the process and encourages people to consider which tools from the toolkit feel most helpful for them.

Therapeutic approaches used in online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps towards those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings; it can be useful for stress, anxiety and coping with life changes.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns from early relationships and how they affect current connections and trust. It is often helpful for relationship problems, abandonment issues and emotional closeness concerns.

Client-Centred work focuses on the person in the room and their experience, offering a non-directive framework to explore feelings and choices; this can suit people wanting space to reflect and make their own decisions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then agree which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and can change over time as needs evolve.

Confirm the available session formats before you book, as the biography does not specify which ones are offered. Online sessions can help fit counselling around daily life by avoiding travel, making it easier to schedule a short check-in during a lunch break or to take part when longer trips would be difficult. Different formats also allow quieter conversations or options with less visual demand, which some people find more practical.

Topics Louise lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Trauma and abuse
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Addictions
• LGBT
• Family conflicts
• Grief
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Career difficulties
• Bipolar disorder
• Coping with life changes
• Coaching
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Attachment issues
• Avoidant personality
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Dependent personality
• Dissociation
• Domestic violence
• Eating and food-related issues
• Family problems
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Personality disorders
• Phobias
• Postpartum depression
• Post-traumatic stress
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Trichotillomania
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Gottman Method
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Somatic Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Louise

Does she work with anxiety and depression?

Yes. She supports people with anxiety, depression and related concerns using cognitive and acceptance-based methods.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

Her practice is integrative, combining person-centred, cognitive behavioural and emotion-focused approaches among others.

How long has she been a counsellor?

She has six years' experience working in the United Kingdom.

What credentials does she hold and where is she based?

She is registered with BACP and NCPS and works from the United Kingdom.

Can I have sessions in English from outside the UK?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm current session options before booking as the biography does not list specific formats.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start with her?

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