Louise Cushen Counselling
Whispers In the Willows
Feeling overwhelmed or just need someone to talk to? Get in touch to schedule a session. Sessions, can be on a short term or long term basis. I will hold the space for you to navigate through whatever has brought you into therapy.
As someone who has worked as, trained in and experienced having therapy. I feel that I offer a broad perspective and warm environment for judgement free exploration. I have found that the counselling environment can feel different depending on the person and I feel that my person-centred approach lends itself well to people of all ages, experiences and backgrounds. Offering clients an autonomous experience of counselling, is my ultimate goal and I often work in a reparative way to enable clients to find ways of healing.
My practice is rooted in empathy, collaboration, and meeting you exactly where you are. I trained for fours years to be a therapeutic counsellor receiving a Level 4 Diploma from the CPCAB, in therapeutic counselling. In addition to this, I have four years experience working in schools within student wellbeing support and safeguarding, I hold an enhanced DBS and have worked in short and long-term interventions with young people; working with anxiety, self-confidence and learning who they are, to help them navigate challenges they were facing. Prior to this I worked for 10 years in the construction industry, experiencing a lot of high pressured working environments and problem solving, working very much in the moment. That experience taught me how to stay present, adapt quickly, and connect with people from all walks of life.
All of this has shaped my curiosity about people — how we work, what we carry, and how we can be truly seen. I’ve worked with clients over both short‑ and long‑term periods, exploring a wide range of emotional and relational challenges including anger, identity, anxiety, depression, neurodiversity, trauma, PTSD, relationship difficulties, life decisions, family dynamics, attachment, and upbringing.
Some clients will benefit from feeling safe in their own home and want to take their sessions online. Other clients will benefit from the safe and held feeling of working from my garden room that is set up for an office/counselling room layout. Or it might be that you would like to be out in nature, benefitting from the grounding feeling of walking out in the air, amongst the trees and listening to the birds.