Dr Louise Richards

Dr Louise Richards is a Clinical Psychologist with over eighteen years of experience in delivering psychological assessment and therapy within the NHS in Scotland. Louise has worked with clients who have moderate to severe difficulties as well as those with more mild issues. Her current areas of special interest include depression, anxiety disorders, difficulties with eating and weight management. She has training and experience in working with complex difficulties, people who are experiencing multiple difficulties at once or those whose who difficulties have been unresponsive to previous therapies. 

In her clinical practice she draws on a range of evidence-based therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (I-CBT) for OCD, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Schema Therapy. Therapy is individually tailored to each client and this can mean that a integrative approach is taken where aspects of several therapies are used to best meet the needs of the client.

Louise is also a Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society which means that she meets the society ‘gold standard’ of psychological knowledge and expertise and adheres to high levels of ethical practice and shows a commitment to continuing professional development. She is also an Associate Fellow of the BPS and a member of the BPS Division of Clinical Psychology. You can find out more about the BPS here.

Louise can currently offer daytime appointments and limited evening appointments online for adults with a wide range of difficulties. She can also offer appointments for young people aged 17 and over with eating difficulties.

• Adults with Mental Health Difficulties
• Eating Disorders
• Weight Management
• Body Image Difficulties
• Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder
• PTSD 
• Depression/ Various Anxiety Difficulties

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy), University of Glasgow
• Bachelor of Science (BSc Honours, 1st Class)  in Psychology, University of Stirling
• Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences (BSc), University of Edinburgh

• CBT for Personality Disorders (NES, Prof. Kate Davidson)
• Compassion Focused Therapy (3 Day Advanced Practitioner Course; 3 Day Introduction to Theory & Clinical Practice, Prof. Paul Gilbert)
• Cognitive Remediation Therapy (Dr Kate Tchanturia, Institute of Psychiatry, South London & Maudsley NHS Trust)
• ACT Training (Intermediate, David Gillanders)
• EMDR Part 1, 2 & 3 BPS
• DBT Training (to join NHS team)
• BPS Expert Witness Workshops 1-4, Bond Solon courses Expert Witness Courses
• University of Aberdeen Bond Solon (UABS) Expert Witness Certificate
• Schema Focused Therapy – Introduction 2 days, Working with Modes and Beyond 2 days (Dr Thomas Irelan, Certified Schema Therapist) 
• Schema Focused Therapy for Eating Disorders (Schema Therapy Scotland)