Louise Flory , BACP

Louise Flory is a counsellor who focuses on grief and related challenges. She is experienced at supporting people through loss, abandonment and the complex feelings that follow bereavement. Louise also helps with issues tied to adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, and the strain of communication problems.

She brings 25 years of practice in the charity sector, including roles at Mind and bereavement organisations. That background shapes a straightforward, grounded style. Sessions are calm and conversational, aimed at helping people name what they feel and find ways to manage day to day.

Her work draws on psychodynamic ideas alongside continual professional development. She has completed a Barnardo's certificate in adoption support counselling and an advanced grief and loss certificate, which inform how she approaches bereavement and related losses. Louise uses these perspectives to understand patterns rooted in family of origin and attachment.

People can expect warmth and a non-judgemental tone in sessions. She listens for the story beneath the presenting problem and helps people explore guilt, shame, loneliness and questions about life purpose. Practical discussion and emotional processing often sit side by side in her meetings.

Louise works with those affected by cancer, past trauma, blended family challenges, and young adult concerns, among other issues. She offers a steady, experienced presence to help people move through confusing or painful times.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Psychodynamic ideas inform her work by helping people look at patterns formed in early relationships and how these affect current feelings. This approach can be useful for attachment issues, family of origin concerns and recurring relationship difficulties.

Grief-focused approaches are used to help people make sense of loss and manage difficult emotions. This often involves talking through memories, practical planning around anniversaries and learning ways to live with continuing bonds after a death.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Louise will work collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person's needs, goals and preferences. That choice can change over time as understanding and circumstances shift.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when travel is difficult. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging give flexibility for brief reflections between sessions or for people who prefer typed communication.

These options aim to make therapy more accessible around work, family commitments and geographic distance while keeping the focus on clear, steady therapeutic work with an experienced counsellor.