- Years in practice
- 6
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Swahili
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Gichuki is a relational counsellor who combines person-centred and psychodynamic ideas to help people who feel stuck. She uses a practical, down-to-earth style in sessions and speaks English and Swahili. She works online and face to face and has six years of experience supporting adults through difficult transitions.
Her main focus includes relationship stress, parenting concerns, anxiety and depression. She also supports people coping with loss, trauma and anger.
Background and approach
Other areas she sees include intimacy issues, low self-esteem, sleep problems and workplace stress. In therapy she helps clients understand how past experiences affect current patterns. That might mean looking at early relationships, attachment patterns, or recurring reactions that feel automatic.
She uses narrative techniques to help people tell their story in a new way. Sessions are built around the person in front of her. Elizabeth draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centred listening alongside psychodynamic reflection.
This mix aims to balance practical steps with deeper understanding so people can make changes that matter. Elizabeth has a BACP credential, which is recorded as BACP. She accepts international clients and offers a range of session formats to suit different needs.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session once a match is made.
What Elizabeth works with
Everything Elizabeth lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Elizabeth helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Elizabeth lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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
Elizabeth draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas together with client-centred listening to shape online work. ACT focuses on helping people notice thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that reflect their values; it can help with anxiety, low mood and parenting-related stress. Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds influence current relationship patterns and can be useful for intimacy issues and patterns that repeat across relationships. Client-centred therapy offers an accepting, listening space where the person's own pace and priorities guide the work.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Elizabeth will work with each person to decide which methods feel most helpful for their goals and preferences. That decision is collaborative and may change as therapy progresses.
Online therapy here is offered by registered or accredited professionals and can use video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls let people use facial cues and longer conversations, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins or times when writing feels easier than talking. These options aim to make talking to a therapist more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
Questions people ask about Elizabeth
What issues does Elizabeth commonly help with?
She helps with relationship stress, parenting concerns, anxiety, depression, grief and trauma among other life challenges.
What is her general therapy style?
Elizabeth combines person-centred listening with psychodynamic reflection and narrative work to balance practical strategies with deeper understanding.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of experience working with adults on issues such as trauma, bereavement, ADHD and low self-esteem.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices from the United Kingdom and holds BACP as a recorded credential.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Swahili.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different preferences.
How are fees and payments handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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