Louise Gillies, BACP

Louise Gillies is a United Kingdom based therapist with 10 years of professional experience supporting people through difficult life moments and ongoing challenges. She specialises in fertility difficulties, grief and pregnancy loss, early parenting concerns, and the emotional impact of chronic health conditions. Louise also works extensively with ADHD-related difficulties, including problems with concentration, focus and memory, and with issues around motivation, self-esteem and confidence.

In addition to those areas, she supports clients through significant life transitions such as the empty nest phase, menopause and retirement, helping them make sense of change and plan a way forward. Her approach is steady and person-focused, centring what matters most to each individual and working at a pace that feels manageable.

Louise holds the BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and offers a calm, open space where clients can explore their concerns and identify practical, authentic steps toward improvement. She aims to collaborate with each person to find solutions that fit their life and values.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take committed steps toward those values while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for issues such as chronic health-related distress, low motivation and life transitions. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and creating an empathetic, non-judgemental space where clients lead the pace and direction of work - this is helpful for grief, parenting concerns and building self-esteem. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and awareness practices to reduce reactivity and support better emotional regulation, which can aid concentration, stress from caregiving, and management of chronic symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Louise collaborates with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences, and she adjusts the work as understanding grows so that the approach remains practical and relevant.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect - via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit therapy around parenting, work and health demands. These options allow for consistent, accessible support so clients can engage in ways that suit their routine and comfort level.