Louise Diffey
Member Status: Accredited
Member No: NCS20-01830
Location: Bristol
As an integrative counsellor for adults within the UK, I bring together aspects of a range of therapies within a trusting counselling relationship. I will listen to you, see you as an individual, and think creatively about your situation.
I trained as an NHS Occupational Health counsellor, providing counselling for NHS staff across two hospital trusts, both prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and I have also worked as a volunteer counsellor for Bath Mind.
Talking about your worries can provide relief. My counselling experience includes working with regulation of the nervous system, an important component of managing stress and anxiety, long term health conditions, and trauma. I support victims of crime and domestic abuse, people with long term health conditions, trauma, suicidal thoughts, emotional regulation issues, career crises, experience of narcissistic abuse, and more.
Having worked as a Registered Nurse, I am really interested in the connection between mind and body. This has led me to learn more about meditation and yoga and the resulting effects on the nervous system.
I began my career as a Registered Nurse for Learning Disabilities (RNLD) caring for people with additional mental health issues. As my five children grew up, I completed a BA (Hons) History and worked as a learning support assistant, a helpline worker for people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME, a carers’ support worker, and an advocate for people within drugs and alcohol services, NHS services, and social services. I currently work part-time for a local authority as a homelessness support worker.
Please call or email me if you would like more information about my counselling practice, Light Step Counselling.