Louise Flory, BACP

Louise Flory is a BACP accredited therapist with 25 years of professional experience, offering specialist support in grief and related family and relationship issues. She built her practice on decades of work in the charity sector, including roles with Mind, two bereavement charities and a charity supporting people who experienced sexual abuse in childhood. That background has shaped a down-to-earth style and a calm, reassuring manner that helps people feel heard and supported from the first contact.

Her therapeutic perspective draws on initial psychodynamic training and extensive continuous professional development, including Barnado's Certificate in Adoption Support Counselling 2023 and Shape of Grief's Level Three Advanced Certificate in Grief and Loss 2025. She combines clinical knowledge with practical experience gained supporting thousands of people over many years. Louise offers warmth and empathy alongside a deep understanding of bereavement, whether a loss happened recently or many years ago. She works with grief and a range of related concerns - abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment issues, blended family dynamics, cancer-related distress, communication problems, family of origin issues, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life purpose questions, post-traumatic stress, women's issues and young adult concerns. Her approach is collaborative and responsive to each person’s history and needs.

Grief, Attachment and Adoption Support Online

Psychodynamic-informed therapy explores how past relationships and early experiences influence current feelings and patterns. It can be helpful for people working through attachment issues, family of origin concerns, repeated relationship difficulties and longer-standing emotional patterns.

Grief-focused bereavement support addresses the emotional, practical and relational impacts of loss, offering space to process mourning, find meaning and rebuild a sense of direction. This approach supports people whether a death occurred recently or some time ago.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Louise works collaboratively with each person to identify what fits best. She draws on clinical training and ongoing professional development to tailor sessions to the client’s needs, goals and preferences, adjusting methods as progress is made.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video call or phone and options for live chat or text-based messaging make it easier to fit support into busy or geographically dispersed lives. These formats allow ongoing, consistent access to a registered professional and can be especially useful for those managing caregiving, work commitments or mobility constraints.