Louise Banks, BACP

Louise Banks is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports people facing life changes and difficulties with sleep. She writes plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use day to day.

She uses a person-focused approach that treats the client as the expert in their own life. That means conversations centre on what matters most to the person and build on their existing strengths. Louise also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect and offers tools to change unhelpful patterns.

With 17 years of experience in the United Kingdom, Louise has worked with people affected by a wide range of concerns. These include abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic illness, cancer, issues around ageing, and feelings of emptiness or guilt. She has supported people through divorce, end-of-life and hospice issues, and with obsessive or dissociative experiences.

Her sessions aim to be calm and straightforward. People can expect clear discussion, practical strategies and small steps to try between meetings. Louise believes in mixing different kinds of support when that is helpful and tailoring work to each individual.

Those who start work with her complete a short matching form and then arrange sessions that fit their schedule. Louise uses her experience to help people find manageable ways to cope and move forward.

How Louise uses person-focused work and CBT online

Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of the work. It focuses on listening, understanding and following what matters to the client so they can use their own strengths to make changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions influence one another and offers practical techniques to shift unhelpful patterns and manage symptoms such as anxiety or low mood.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Louise will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what seems most useful, then try ways of working that fit those aims. This is a collaborative process rather than a fixed prescription.

Online therapy can help people fit sessions into busy lives and reduce travel time. It can make it easier to have regular meetings and to try strategies between sessions. The therapist's biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals use online work to offer practical support, maintain continuity of care, and focus on goal-driven change.