Louise Ralph, BACP

Louise Ralph is a therapeutic counsellor and psychotherapist who aims to help people facing jealousy, anxiety, stress and other relationship and emotional struggles. She writes in plain terms and focuses on building a trusting connection so clients feel heard and can take practical steps forward. Her manner is warm and direct, suited to people who want a straightforward, steady therapeutic presence.

Louise trained to Diploma Level 4 and holds BACP registration, which she brings into her independent practice near London. She works with a wide range of issues including grief, addiction, trauma, self-esteem and relationship or intimacy-related concerns. She also supports people dealing with parenting stress, career upset, sleep or eating problems and neurodiversity-related matters such as autism and ADHD.

Her background includes volunteering at St Christopher’s hospice where she provided bereavement support, and more recently she has provided counselling through employee assistance programmes. These roles have informed a practical, person-focused approach in her independent work. Louise combines elements of psychodynamic thinking with person-centred work to tailor sessions to each person.

In sessions she aims to create a calm, dependable space to talk things through and make sense of difficult feelings. She uses hands-on strategies from cognitive approaches and skills-based therapies when helpful, alongside deeper work about attachment and relationship patterns. That blend is intended to help people manage symptoms while also addressing the causes of recurring problems.

Louise offers telephone and video sessions and sees people during daytime, evenings and Saturday daytime. To begin, prospective clients are invited to use the Start Therapy process on the site to match and schedule a first appointment.

How Louise uses therapeutic approaches for online work

Louise draws on attachment-based ideas and client-centred practice to shape online sessions. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect present feelings and behaviours and can help with jealousy, trust and intimacy issues. Client-centred therapy focuses on a supportive, non-judgemental relationship where the person leads the pace and topic of sessions.

She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try practical experiments. CBT-style work can be useful for anxiety, low mood and specific patterns such as jealousy-related thinking. These approaches are used together so therapy can tackle immediate symptoms and the deeper patterns that keep problems returning. Finding the right mix is part of the work; the therapist and client decide collaboratively which methods suit the person's goals and preferences.

Her biography notes she offers telephone and video sessions. If you are considering online therapy, check which session types are available when you book. Online appointments can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving and daily life, allow a shorter check-in when needed, and reduce travel time so therapy is simpler to maintain.