- Years in practice
- 14
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Grief
About Elaine
Elaine Fyffe is a humanistic person centred counsellor with 14 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief and loss, parenting concerns and depression. Her approach is straightforward and warm, aimed at making it easier to talk about hard things and find a way forward.
She works from the belief that each person knows their story best. She listens first and asks questions that help people notice strengths they may have missed.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and paced to match what someone feels ready to tackle. Elaine has spent more than a decade supporting people through major life changes and emotional strain. That experience includes long-term difficulties such as depression and addiction, and situational challenges like bereavement and workplace stress.
She also helps people thinking about their role as parents and the pressures that brings. In the room she offers steady, non-judgemental support. Conversations focus on coping strategies, clearer communication, and building small steps that add up to real change.
The aim is to leave each session with something useful to try between appointments. Elaine is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, abbreviated as BACP. She sees people in the United Kingdom and works in English.
To begin, someone completes a short matching questionnaire and arranges sessions that fit their schedule.
What Elaine works with
Everything Elaine lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Elaine helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How therapeutic ways of working translate online
Humanistic person centred counselling focuses on listening, empathy and understanding. It involves open, reflective conversations where the counsellor follows the person’s lead. This approach helps with issues such as grief, depression and emotional overwhelm by giving space to make sense of feelings and choices.Practical coping skills and problem-focused conversations are often part of sessions alongside the humanistic stance. These involve identifying small, manageable steps people can try between sessions to reduce stress, improve communication or tackle addictive behaviours. Such techniques are useful when someone wants concrete tools to manage day-to-day pressures.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The counsellor will work with each person to agree which methods feel most helpful, adjusting pace and focus as goals evolve. Clients and the counsellor decide together what to try next and how to measure progress.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video is close to an in-person conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between scheduled talks. These options offer flexibility in timing and style, helping people keep therapy going around work, family and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Elaine
What problems does this counsellor help with?
Elaine supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, parenting worries and depression. She also works on related concerns such as attachment issues, communication problems and workplace stress.
How would you describe her counselling style?
Her style is humanistic and person centred, with a listening-first approach. Sessions focus on the person’s experience and building practical steps to cope between meetings.
What is her professional background?
She has 14 years of professional work experience supporting people through major life changes and emotional challenges. That includes work with long-term difficulties and situational crises.
What are her credentials and where does she practise?
Elaine is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She practises in the United Kingdom.
In what language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can take place through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. These options allow for different levels of contact and flexibility.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is handled via a subscription model. The subscription can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Elaine?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that you can schedule sessions according to her availability.
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