Elena Lanza, BACP
Elena Lanza uses a collaborative, person-centred approach to help people untangle difficult feelings.
- Stress & Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and Abuse
- +18 more
About Elena
Elena Lanza uses a collaborative, person-centred approach to help people untangle difficult feelings. She blends curiosity with practical techniques so clients can make sense of distressing thoughts and reactions. Elena works in English and Italian and has six years of clinical experience in the United Kingdom.
She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and grief. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship challenges and intimacy-related issues.
Background and approach
Practical struggles such as sleep, eating, parenting pressures, career concerns and compassion fatigue are part of her caseload. Elena adapts methods from attachment-based work, client-centred counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy and emotionally-focused approaches. She also draws on existential ideas to help people find meaning when life feels confusing.
Sessions focus on understanding current patterns and testing small changes that can feel manageable day to day. Her practice pays attention to complex presentations such as bipolar conditions, ADHD and neurodiversity needs including autism and Asperger Syndrome. Additional focus areas include abandonment, attachment issues, blended family challenges, chronic illness, caregiver stress, codependency and communication problems.
Clients may use art-based exercises, mindfulness and breath-work alongside talk therapy when these fit the goals. Elena welcomes people from diverse backgrounds, including LGBT communities, and aims to offer a respectful, non-judgemental space. International clients are accepted and sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging.
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and are charged through a cancellable subscription.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 404144 | February 2027 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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Focus areas and approaches
What Elena works with
Everything Elena lists, in their own terms.
- 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.
Online support
Client-centred counselling places the person's experience and pace at the centre. The counsellor listens closely, reflects what is said and helps unfold the client's own understanding and choices; this is useful when people want straightforward emotional support and clearer self-awareness.
Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioural changes. It often includes simple exercises between sessions to help with anxiety, low mood, sleep and compulsive patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences in early sessions and adapt methods as understanding grows, so choices feel collaborative rather than fixed.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues, phone sessions suit lower bandwidth or days when being on camera feels like too much, while live chat and text messaging let people check in with shorter messages or keep a record of reflections. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel commitments.
Frequently asked
What problems does this counsellor help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and addiction concerns.
What kind of therapeutic style is used?
Her work combines attachment-based, client-centred, cognitive behavioural and emotionally-focused approaches with existential ideas, tailored to each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Elena has six years of experience working with a broad range of emotional and psychological difficulties.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Italian and international clients may be supported.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability and are billed through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with this counsellor?
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