About Louise
Louise Vickers is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, addictions and life changes. She also supports people dealing with trauma, grief, eating concerns, anger and career questions.
Louise works in a person-centred way. That means conversations focus on the person rather than a set method. She listens for what matters most to each individual and adapts sessions around those needs.
How Louise works
Sessions are plainspoken and practical, aimed at making small, steady changes. Motivation is often part of the work. Louise uses motivational interviewing techniques to help people find reasons to change and to build momentum.
This can be helpful for problems such as substance use, procrastination or getting unstuck in life decisions. Her practice also pays attention to longer term or overlapping issues. She supports people with ADHD concerns, bipolar mood challenges, ageing-related questions, chronic illness or disability, and difficulties linked to communication, immigration or family problems.
She addresses both immediate problems and the wider context that affects day-to-day life. Louise brings four years of counselling experience to her work and follows the BACP Ethical Framework. People can expect respectful, non-judgemental conversations and a collaborative approach to planning next steps.
Louise lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What Louise works with
The areas below are the ones Louise selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Louise uses client-centred and motivational approaches online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening without judgement and reflecting back what someone says. It helps people feel heard, clarify their own thoughts and decide what matters next. This approach can be useful for anxiety, low self-esteem, grief and relationship concerns.Motivational Interviewing is a practical way to boost a person's own reasons for change. It uses gentle questions and reflection to build motivation for things like reducing substance use, tackling procrastination or making career moves. The technique supports small, realistic steps rather than forcing a plan.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Louise will work together with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. That collaborative decision is revisited as therapy progresses so the work stays relevant and helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or when internet bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging allow more flexible, shorter check-ins and written reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, family and daily life while keeping the same therapist throughout treatment.
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