Louise

Mrs Louise Shuttleworth

Psychotherapist

Warm, professional with over 14 years plus 5000 hours - specialist in attachment, adoption.

About Me

I offer warm, professional psychotherapy, specialising in attachment and adoption. With extensive experience, I help clients explore how early relationships and life transitions profoundly shape their present. We can gently unpack complex feelings and patterns, fostering a clearer sense of self and stronger connections. My approach provides a safe space to understand your unique story, guiding you towards lasting change and well-being.

Approach

To help translate insight into everyday shifts, sessions move at a steady, collaborative pace that balances reflection with practical steps tailored to your history and current relationships. Working from my Brighton room and online in English, I use focused listening, somatic noticing and targeted interventions to track patterns, test new ways of relating and, where helpful, integrate trauma-focused techniques for stuck memories. Between sessions I offer gentle tasks or reflections to keep change live. This way of working suits people wanting clarity and sustainable connection.
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Basic Information

In-person & Online

Services

Services Offered:

  • Adoption

    The process of legally becoming a parent to a child who is not biologically yours, which can raise complex emotions around identity, attachment, and belonging for all involved.

  • Clinical Supervision

    Professional oversight and reflective practice for clinical practitioners, ensuring quality of care and supporting ongoing development.

  • Adolescent Therapy

    Therapy designed for teenagers, using age-appropriate methods to address issues like anxiety, identity, peer pressure, and family conflict.

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  • CBT

    Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, a structured, evidence-based approach that identifies and changes unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours.

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  • EMDR

    Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, a therapy that uses guided eye movements to help the brain process and integrate traumatic memories.

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  • Family Therapy

    A form of therapy that works with family members together to improve communication, resolve conflict, and strengthen relationships within the family system.

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  • Individual Therapy

    One-on-one therapy sessions between a client and a therapist, focused on that person's specific concerns and goals.

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Works With:

  • All ages

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

  • Addiction

    A compulsive dependence on a substance or behaviour, such as alcohol, drugs, or gambling, that causes harmful consequences to health, relationships, or daily life.

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  • Adoption

    The process of legally becoming a parent to a child who is not biologically yours, which can raise complex emotions around identity, attachment, and belonging for all involved.

  • Anxiety

    Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.

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  • Relationship Issues

    Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.

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  • Child Psych & Diagnostic Assessment

    Formal assessment of a child's psychological, cognitive, or emotional functioning to identify conditions and guide appropriate support.

  • Eating Disorders

    A group of conditions, including anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating, involving disturbed eating behaviours and a distorted relationship with food and body image.

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  • Parenting Support

    Guidance for the psychological challenges of raising children, including discipline, communication, co-parenting, and managing the emotional demands of parenthood.

Professional Title:

  • Psychotherapist

    A professional trained to provide in-depth therapy that explores patterns in thoughts, emotions, and relationships to produce lasting change.

Credentials

Qualifications

Postgraduate Diploma

City University

Year: 2002

Advanced Diploma

Regents College

Year: 2004

Supervision training

Terapia

Year: 2018

EMDR levels 1-3

Sandi Richmann, London

Year: 2018

CBT Coach

Middlesex University

Year: 2015

Memberships

UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

Membership: 05157223

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

Service Areas

Brighton Consulting Rooms

In-person & Online

Brighton, East Sussex

United Kingdom

Brighton, United Kingdom