- Years in practice
- 6
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Elena
Elena Lanza is a counsellor who blends relational and practical approaches to support people through hard times. She works in a warm, inclusive way and speaks English and Italian. Elena draws on six years of practice to help people make sense of difficult feelings and find steady ways forward.
She uses attachment-based ideas to look at patterns in relationships and how they shape responses to stress. Elena also uses client-centred methods, which prioritise the person’s experience and pace.
Background and approach
Cognitive behavioural techniques are used when it helps to spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviours. People come for many reasons, including anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, grief, addiction and parenting concerns. She also supports people dealing with neurodiversity, such as autism and ADHD, and with complex life events like adoption, caregiving or chronic illness.
Elena welcomes people from LGBTQIA+ backgrounds and values each person’s individuality. Sessions include practical tools such as breath work and mindfulness exercises to manage strong emotions. Art-based activities and Internal Family Systems approaches are used to access deeper feelings when that feels helpful.
She also offers integration support for those processing psychedelic experiences. Elena works with a reflective, down-to-earth style. She invites people to explore what works for them and to try small changes.
Her aim is to help people feel clearer about their choices and better able to cope with life’s demands.
What Elena works with
Everything Elena lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Elena helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Elena lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Elena uses attachment-based work to look at how early relationship patterns affect present feelings and behaviours, which can help with relationship strain, abandonment worries and communication problems. She also draws on client-centred counselling, focusing on the person’s own experience and pace so conversations feel led by the client rather than the therapist. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is used to identify patterns of thinking and behaviour and to try practical steps that reduce anxiety or low mood.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Elena will listen to your concerns and discuss goals and preferences so the therapeutic route is chosen together. That collaborative process means approaches can be adapted as needs change over time.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for a face-to-face feel and longer conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and messaging suit short check-ins, brief reflections or for people who prefer writing to talking. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
Questions people ask about Elena
What concerns does Elena help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addiction, parenting concerns, sleep and eating problems, ADHD and bipolar related matters among other concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Her work combines attachment-based, client-centred and cognitive behavioural approaches to provide both emotional understanding and practical strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Elena has six years of experience working with a wide range of difficulties including trauma, bereavement, addiction and neurodiversity.
Where is she based and what accreditation does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Italian and Elena can work with people from outside the UK.
In which formats can sessions take place?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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