Elena Dinu, BACP

Elena uses widely adopted, evidence-based techniques to help people manage current difficulties and build coping skills. One approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, then practising small changes to reduce anxiety and low mood. This helps with stress, depression and worries that get in the way of daily life.

Another approach centres on understanding and processing difficult experiences in a paced way, so trauma, grief and intimacy-related problems can be addressed without feeling overwhelmed. Work here aims to help people feel steadier and regain control over responses to past events.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Elena will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and choose methods that feel suitable. This is a collaborative process and approaches can be adjusted as progress is made.

Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins and text messaging lets people work through thoughts between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around family, work and other commitments while still getting regular support from a registered professional.