Louis Carruthers, BACP
Experienced integrative counsellor for relationships and trauma
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Louis Carruthers is a counsellor who focuses on relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, eating difficulties, depression, stress, anxiety and addictions. He also works with people facing family conflict, career pressures, anger and body image struggles. He is listed with LGBT as a focus and offers help for a wide range of intimacy and relational difficulties.
He uses an integrative style that adapts to each person. He draws on person-centred, psychodynamic, existential, cognitive and relational ideas to shape conversations.
Background and approach
He also brings embodied and somatic ways of working when trauma is present. Sessions aim to create understanding and small, practical changes. Louis trained and practised in settings that included community safety, special educational needs education and housing support for vulnerable tenants.
That background informs his interest in people affected by anti-social behaviour and the criminal justice system. He keeps learning through continuous professional development focused on relationships and relational trauma. He holds membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which is shown as BACP.
He runs a independent practice based in the City of London and the London Borough of Bexley. Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients. People can expect a steady, respectful approach that seeks to make complex problems easier to talk about.
Louis aims to help people notice patterns, try different ways of relating, and work towards clearer choices about next steps.
What Louis works with
Everything Louis lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Louis is listed here; the rest shows what else Louis works with.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
How Louis uses therapeutic approaches online
Louis blends a few well-established approaches in ways that suit the person. Person-centred work focuses on listening and helping people find their own solutions; it supports issues like low mood, relationship decisions and stress. Psychodynamic ideas look at repeated patterns and past relationships to help explain current difficulties, which can be useful for attachment and intimacy problems. He also uses embodied or somatic ways of working when trauma is present, helping people notice bodily responses and learn manageable ways to regulate them.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will discuss options with the client and adjust methods based on their needs, goals and how they prefer to work. That collaborative process helps shape a plan that feels practical and realistic for everyday life.
Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions around work and family commitments, avoiding travel time and keeping appointments when someone is overseas. The profile notes both in-person and online work, but it does not list every session format; confirm the available options before booking. Many people find online sessions make it easier to maintain regular contact and try therapeutic techniques between meetings.
Questions people ask about Louis
What kinds of problems does Louis help with?
He supports people with relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, eating issues, depression, stress, anxiety and addictions, among other difficulties listed in his profile.
How would he approach therapy sessions?
Louis uses an integrative approach that adapts to each person, drawing on person-centred, psychodynamic, existential, cognitive and relational ideas, plus somatic elements when needed.
What professional background does he have?
He has four years' experience and has worked in community safety, SEN education and housing support, which shapes his interest in anti-social behaviour and related issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
He is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and works from the City of London and the London Borough of Bexley in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and he does accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography describes both in-person and online work but does not list every format; please confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions operate via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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