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

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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

Registrations

UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
Member of the British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)

Qualifications

City, University of London

Regents College

Terapia

Sandi Richmann, London

Middlesex University

Service Areas

Brighton Consulting Rooms

In-person & Online

Brighton, East Sussex

United Kingdom

Brighton, United Kingdom