Louise Flory, BACP

Louise Flory helps people facing grief and loss, and related struggles such as guilt, shame and isolation. She offers steady support for life changes that follow bereavement, adoption or disrupted attachments. Her tone is warm and down to earth and she aims to make people feel at ease from the first session.

She draws on 25 years of experience working in the charity sector, including bereavement services and organisations supporting people who experienced childhood sexual abuse. That background shapes a practical, empathetic style. Conversations are straightforward and focused on what matters to the person in front of her.

Louise trained originally in psychodynamic approaches and has continued professional development specific to adoption support and grief work. She holds BACP accreditation, which reflects a professional registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Her recent certificates include work on adoption support and advanced grief and loss practice.

Sessions aim to help people make sense of painful memories, difficult family of origin issues, and the practical impacts of loss. She also supports people dealing with cancer, blended family tensions, communication problems, and a search for life purpose. Meetings cover both recent events and losses from years earlier.

Her way of working balances compassionate listening with clear, practical steps to manage day to day life. People can expect a calm space to talk, reflection on patterns that matter, and help finding ways forward that suit their circumstances.

Therapeutic approaches and online options

Louise combines time-tested grief counselling skills with psychodynamic thinking to help people understand how past relationships shape current feelings. Psychodynamic ideas focus on patterns from earlier life and how they influence present reactions, which can be useful for long-standing attachment worries or family of origin issues.

She also uses grief-focused practice that pays attention to loss, mourning processes and practical coping strategies. This approach helps when a death or separation feels overwhelming, or when someone is still struggling years later to make sense of a loss.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Louise will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and then agree a way forward together. That collaborative process makes it easier to adapt methods as understanding grows and circumstances change.

Online therapy is offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when time and bandwidth permit. Phone sessions are a good option for shorter check-ins or when audio only is sufficient. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing or who need more frequent, brief support between sessions. These formats help fit therapy into busy lives and make it easier to keep continuity over time.