Louise Waterfall, BACP
Somatic-informed counsellor helping people feel more grounded
About Louise
Louise Waterfall is a counsellor who blends body-aware work with a person-focused way of meeting people. She uses Somatic Therapy alongside client-centred and existential ideas to help people understand their feelings and make practical change. Louise holds BACP registration and draws on twelve years of experience in practice in the United Kingdom.
In sessions she pays attention to how emotions show up in the body. That can mean noticing breath, posture or small gestures and using simple exercises to build self-empathy.
Background and approach
Work is practical and grounded - talking is combined with somatic awareness, visualisation and imagination to open new possibilities. Louise often supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief and trauma-related concerns. She also helps with family and relationship strain, issues around intimacy and eating, caregiver stress, addiction and career transitions.
Additional areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, communication problems and feelings of emptiness or shame. Her style is warm and straightforward. Clients are invited to name what matters, try short exercises in session, and notice what changes between meetings.
Therapy aims to clarify choices and to help people feel more able to cope with life changes. Sessions are offered in English and can be delivered online by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. Therapy is arranged via a short matching questionnaire and scheduling is done according to the platform process.
How Somatic and Person-Focused Approaches Work Online
Somatic Therapy pays attention to how emotions show up in the body, using breath, posture and small movements to help people feel more settled. It can be useful for anxiety, trauma-related reactions and for anyone who notices strong bodily responses to stress.Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of the session, emphasising empathy, active listening and the client’s own pace of change. It suits people who want a supportive environment to explore feelings and choices. Existential ideas bring attention to meaning, values and life decisions, helping people who face big life changes or feelings of emptiness.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and try methods collaboratively to find what fits a person’s needs, goals and preferences. That way the shape of therapy can change as people learn more about what helps them.
Online therapy makes these approaches practical and flexible. Video calls allow for real-time observation of breath and gesture, while phone, live chat and text messaging offer alternatives when video is not possible. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or travel and to continue work when life circumstances change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English