Louise Taylor, NCPS

Louise Catherine Taylor is an accredited psychotherapeutic counsellor registered with the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). She brings five years of clinical practice supporting people through relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, anxiety, and depression. Drawing on a diverse professional background that includes work as an actor, dance and drama teacher, lecturer in a specialist college for adults with learning disabilities and autism, assistant to an art therapist in Singapore, and years mentoring university students with mental health difficulties, she blends creativity with clinical training.

Her therapeutic approach is eclectic and client-focused. She is trained in person-centred counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy, and expressive therapies such as art, music, movement, and story-making. Louise has completed extensive additional training to work safely with traumatised clients, including Applied Emotional Freedom Technique. Her formal qualifications include a Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies, MSc degrees in Psychology and Forensic Psychology, and a Level 5 Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling Practice.

Outside of practice she pursues martial arts, running, and yoga, and performs with Playback Theatre, where she helps bring audience stories to life through improvised theatre and music. Her creative background informs a flexible, person-centred style that supports clients who find talking difficult - for example through drawing or expressive writing. She aims to listen without judgment and to work collaboratively so clients can discover their own answers and move toward a more fulfilling life.