Meet the founder of Cognisance
BA, BSc, BSc (Hons), MSci, MSc, GMBPsS, MRCOT
Consultant Pain Psychologist and HCPC Registered Occupational Therapist
Supporting people with pain, mental health, cognition, neurodiversity and everyday functioning.
Professional experience. A personal approach.
Louise founded Cognisance to bring psychology and occupational therapy together in a private clinic in Pershore — with care centred on the person in front of her.
Professional registration & membership
Louise’s practice draws on both psychology and occupational therapy, bringing complementary perspectives to your care.
HCPC Registered Occupational Therapist
Registered member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists
Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society, GMBPsS
Clinical experience
Louise brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to her practice, supporting people with pain, mental health, cognition and everyday functioning. Her work remains practical, collaborative and shaped around what matters to you.
Louise’s interest in pain psychology began at Oxford University Hospital Trust, where she specialised in delivering radiotherapy for cancer treatment. It was here that she first integrated psychological approaches as an essential part of supporting people with cancer-related pain.
Her experience in clinical oncology and radiotherapy includes supporting people with the anxiety, fatigue and distress that can accompany cancer care.
Experience in stroke and neurological rehabilitation informs Louise’s work with cognition, memory and everyday functioning.
This brings an understanding of how changes in thinking, confidence or independence can affect daily life, and why practical support needs to be tailored to the individual.
Louise has worked within NHS post-viral services, specialising in Post Viral Syndrome, and in private musculoskeletal rehabilitation.
These settings have informed her understanding of the relationship between symptoms, emotional wellbeing, daily activities and rehabilitation.
Louise’s practice brings together psychological approaches with practical occupational therapy support for persistent pain, cognition, anxiety, depression and everyday functioning.
Her approach is rooted in her academic background and diverse healthcare experience, while remaining collaborative and centred on the person in front of her.
Qualifications & training
Academic study across psychology, counselling, oncology and occupational therapy underpins Louise’s approach at Cognisance.
A first conversation
You are welcome to get in touch if you have questions about whether Cognisance may be suitable for you.