Luise Brown:
Trainee Psychotherapist (UKCP student member)
I am Luise Brown, a Psychotherapist in training at the low-cost therapy and counselling service at HQ Therapy Rooms in Haggerston and Dalston, Hackney, London E8.
I work with adults on an individual basis. I specialise in integrative psychotherapy, meaning that I take different types of therapeutic modalities and tailor them to your needs and find out what works for you.
I am also a trainee therapist member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). I currently work face to face but can conduct initial consultations online.
It has been a lifelong practice and now one I’m formally training in to develop an understanding of myself and my impact on others in order to exercise flexibility, judgement, range, intuition and imagination.
The therapeutic relationship is fundamental to therapy, and I am here to support and help you through the difficult aspects of life as well as affirming and holding the beautiful and joyful parts, essentially opening a space where you see things as they are.
I am deeply invested in the work I do with my clients. As a mixed-race woman who has lived in London my entire life, cross-cultural work and exploring how privilege and oppression may have impacted your life is important to me. I believe in inclusion and empowering your autonomy.
You may begin therapy for many reasons, perhaps questioning who you are, or feeling you are missing something, or that you lack ‘meaning’ or maybe it is just a niggle and you want to explore that further. There are no rules governing your entry into therapy.
As a trainee, I am open to new explanations and regularly reflect and discuss with my supervisor following confidentiality guidelines. This is a requirement of the UKCP to ensure I am working in the most effective way with all my clients.
Although talking therapy is predominantly my focus, I have practised mindfulness meditation for over a decade and am curious about the possibilities of connecting to our bodies and the use of various techniques to unlock increasing self-awareness, self-compassion and presence.
Going to therapy requires courage, dedication and resilience and I look forward to sharing that journey with you.