Louise Lant, BACP

Louise Lant is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with eight years of professional experience. She trained in person-centred therapy and uses that approach as the basis for her work. Louise focuses on everyday problems like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and family or parenting concerns. She aims to create a trusting space where people can talk honestly about what they need.

Louise made a later career move into counselling and describes the role as a privilege. Her practice includes helping people manage life changes, communication difficulties, feeling isolated, and struggles around control. She also supports those thinking about life purpose, midlife change, self-love, and issues that commonly affect women.

Person-centred therapy sits at the heart of her approach, which means she pays close attention to the relationship in the room and listens without judgement. She may also draw on practical strategies from solution-focused work, compassion-focused ideas, and cognitive behavioural techniques when these suit a person’s needs.

Sessions with Louise tend to revolve around the person’s own goals and strengths. She encourages people to notice the skills they already have and to try small, manageable steps. The emphasis is on clear conversation, exploring options, and building confidence to handle difficult moments.

Her practice is straightforward and down to earth. Louise aims to help people feel less alone with their concerns and to move towards more satisfying, manageable daily life.

How person-centred practice works online

Person-centred therapy focuses on a warm, non-judgemental relationship where people feel heard and understood; online sessions keep this same human connection while using conversation to explore feelings and goals. Solution-focused techniques look at small changes and practical steps that can be tried between sessions to build momentum and address specific problems like communication or control issues. Cognitive behavioural ideas are about noticing patterns of thinking and trying alternative responses to ease anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their needs, goals and preferences and agree together whether to emphasise listening, practical steps, or thought-pattern work. This shared decision-making helps tailor sessions so they feel useful and relevant.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions are delivered. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options help people fit counselling around work, family life, and other commitments.