Louise Flory, BACP

Louise Flory is a BACP accredited therapist with more than 25 years of clinical experience, bringing a practical, down-to-earth approach shaped by long service in the charity sector. She has worked for organisations including Mind, two bereavement charities and a charity supporting people who were sexually abused in childhood, and this background informs a compassionate, steady style that helps people feel heard and understood.

Her practice draws on initial psychodynamic training and ongoing professional development, including Barnardo's Certificate in Adoption Support Counselling (2023) and Shape of Grief's Level Three Advanced Certificate in Grief and Loss (2025). BACP accreditation means she is recognised by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK.

Louise offers warmth and empathy alongside extensive knowledge of bereavement, whether a loss occurred recently or many years ago. She also supports issues connected to adoption and foster care, attachment and blended family challenges, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose, post-traumatic stress and difficulties arising from family of origin. Her experience aims to create a reassuring environment where people can explore what matters most to them and work toward clearer understanding and practical coping.

Evidence-based grief and attachment work delivered online

Louise uses psychodynamic-informed work to explore how past relationships and early experiences shape current feelings and patterns. This approach can help when longstanding relational themes, family of origin issues or repeated patterns feel stuck and confusing.

She also offers grief-focused therapy grounded in specialist training in bereavement and loss. This work supports people dealing with recent or long-standing bereavement, helping them process complex emotions and find ways to live with loss.

In addition, Louise draws on adoption and attachment support approaches that address the specific needs of adoptees, fostered people and their families, and those coping with attachment difficulties or blended family dynamics.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Louise works collaboratively with each person to identify methods that suit their needs, goals and preferences. She and the client review progress and adjust the focus as therapy evolves.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules, limited mobility or those who prefer remote access. These formats make it easier to maintain regular contact with a registered professional while fitting therapy into everyday life.