Elsa Da Cruz, BACP
Elsa Da Cruz helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and relationship difficulties.
- Stress & Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- +8 more
About Elsa
Elsa Da Cruz helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and relationship difficulties. She also supports people dealing with anger, grief, ADHD and LGBT issues. Elsa presents as calm and approachable and aims to make sessions straightforward and practical for busy lives.
Elsa works in a person-focused way that centres on the individual's experience. She listens closely, reflects what she hears and helps people make sense of difficult feelings.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to build self-awareness and practical strategies that fit into day-to-day life. Her methods include client-centred work, cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness practices. Elsa uses these approaches to help with unhelpful thinking patterns, emotional regulation and being more present in daily routines.
She also draws on emotionally-focused ideas to look at how attachments and relationship patterns affect wellbeing. Elsa holds BACP registration, which is listed as BACP. She has eight years of professional experience working in counselling and emotional support roles across different settings.
Her background includes helping people with family of origin issues, abandonment and attachment concerns, body image and codependency challenges. Sessions are available in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Elsa offers a straightforward, non-judgemental style and aims to help people feel safer in their own choices.
She encourages small practical steps alongside deeper emotional work to support lasting change.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 378661 | May 2026 |
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.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Elsa works with
Everything Elsa lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Grief
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Elsa lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-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.
Online support
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Elsa will discuss goals and preferences, then adapt methods to suit what feels most helpful. That might mean using more practical CBT tools some weeks and deeper emotional work in others, depending on what a person needs.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, which makes therapy more flexible. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversations, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quicker check-in, and messaging supports short updates between sessions. These options help therapy fit around work, family life and different routines while keeping focus on progress and practical steps.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Elsa specialise in?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, anger and grief, plus ADHD and LGBT issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and person-centred. She listens closely and helps people move from understanding to practical change.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Elsa has eight years of professional experience in counselling and emotional therapy roles, working with a wide range of personal concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed as BACP and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported in therapy?
Sessions are offered in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Can sessions be done remotely?
Yes. Elsa provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging as session formats.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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