Elena Lanza, BACP
Elena Lanza is a counsellor who uses a blend of practical, person-focused approaches to help people through difficult times.
About Elena
Elena Lanza is a counsellor who uses a blend of practical, person-focused approaches to help people through difficult times. She draws on client-centred work alongside cognitive behavioural ideas and attachment-based thinking to help clients make sense of feelings and patterns. Elena speaks English and Italian and works with people in the United Kingdom and internationally.
She offers a calm, open manner and aims to create a space where people can talk honestly about distressing experiences.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what feels most pressing to the person - whether that is anxiety, low mood, relationship strain, grief, or difficulties with sleep and concentration. Elena tailors each session to the individual rather than following a fixed path. Her practice brings together talking therapy with practical techniques.
Clients may explore how early relationships shape current patterns, learn tools to manage unhelpful thoughts, and work on emotional connection and regulation. Breath work and mindfulness are used alongside reflective conversation when helpful. Elena has around six years of experience supporting people with trauma, addiction, neurodiversity-related concerns such as ADHD and autism, and long-term health challenges.
She also supports people dealing with career strain, compassion fatigue, and parenting stress. She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That registration is noted alongside her therapeutic approach and practice style.
People who choose to work with her begin by sharing what matters to them and then shape the pace and focus of therapy together.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| 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.
Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Elena lists on their public professional profile, 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
Ways of working Elena names
- 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
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
How Elena’s approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based work focuses on how early relationships shape feelings and current patterns. Online sessions can help people notice relational patterns and try new ways of connecting with themselves and others.Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of the work. In this way the counsellor follows the client’s lead, offering engagement and reflection so people feel heard and understood during video or phone sessions.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and teaches practical techniques to shift unhelpful patterns. CBT tools can be practised between sessions and adapted to video, phone, chat or messaging formats.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Elena will work collaboratively to identify what feels most useful and will adapt methods to the person’s goals and preferences. That might mean prioritising practical strategies at first or spending more time on exploring relationship history.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions need less bandwidth, live chat can suit shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, family life, or long-term health conditions, while keeping the focus on the therapy itself.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does Elena help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, and a wide range of other concerns listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style combines client-centred listening with cognitive behavioural techniques and attachment-informed reflection to address patterns and coping skills.
How much experience does she have?
Elena has six years of experience working in counselling roles with a variety of issues and client needs.
Is she affiliated with any professional body and where does she practise?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practises with clients in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and Italian, and she is able to work with international clients.
What session formats does she use?
Elena works online using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How are sessions charged?
Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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