For the beauty & spa industry

The science beneath your hands.

Touch is one of the most powerful tools a therapist has, and there's real neuroscience behind why it works. Louise helps spa and beauty professionals understand that science, so they can support every client with confidence, safety and depth.

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Louise Baker receiving the Made for Life Foundation Glow Award for Kindness, September 2025

Why it matters

Touch changes the nervous system.

Slow, intentional touch does more than relax muscles. It speaks directly to the nervous system, lowering stress hormones, easing pain signals, and shifting the brain into a state where healing and calm become possible.

When therapists understand how and why this happens, their work becomes more skilful, more intentional and more valuable. It also gives them the confidence to care for clients at their most vulnerable, including those living with cancer and other serious conditions.

What Louise offers the industry

Education, insight and credibility.

Speaking at industry events

Louise is a speaker on the neuroscience of touch for the Made for Life Foundation, and has presented at SpaFest on mental health and pain, bringing hard science to the wellness stage.

Professional training & CPD

Evidence-based sessions that help therapists understand the brain and body behind their treatments, deepening their practice and their conversations with clients.

Touch Works

Louise’s own psychosensory method, combining neuroscience-informed technique with gentle, intentional touch to support emotional and physical wellbeing.

A cause close to her work

Opening the door to everyone.

Historically, many spas have felt unable to treat clients living with cancer, leaving people turned away at exactly the moment nurturing touch could help most. Louise's work sits alongside the movement to change that, championed by partners like the Made for Life Foundation and its accredited Cancer Touch Therapy training.

By grounding therapists in the neuroscience of touch, fear and pain, Louise helps the industry welcome every client with knowledge, sensitivity and confidence.

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Who it's for

Built for the people behind the treatments.

Spas & wellness brands

Elevate your team’s expertise and client care with training that adds genuine scientific depth to your treatments and your story.

Therapists & academies

Give practitioners and students the “why” behind their craft: a deeper understanding that sets their work apart and builds client trust.

Add the science of touch to your offering.

Whether it's a keynote for your event or CPD for your team, Louise can help your people understand, and communicate, the real value of what they do.

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