Elena Lanza, BACP
Elena Lanza is a counsellor who combines trauma-aware methods with client-centred care.
About Elena
Elena Lanza is a counsellor who combines trauma-aware methods with client-centred care. She uses clear, practical ways to help people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or relationship pain. Elena works in English and Italian and is based in the United Kingdom.
She draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy alongside attachment-based and client-centred approaches. Sessions are conversational and aimed at helping people understand patterns that keep causing difficulty. Elena also uses cognitive behavioural techniques and emotionally-focused ideas when these suit a person’s needs.
Background and approach
Her practice covers a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, ADHD and grief. She also addresses intimacy-related issues, family and parenting strains, sleep and eating difficulties, and challenges connected to chronic illness or caregiver stress. She welcomes people from LGBT backgrounds and those with neurodiverse experiences.
Elena trained to the standards of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She has six years of experience working with adults on long-term and short-term concerns. Her sessions may include mindfulness, breath work and creative exercises when helpful to manage strong feelings.
Clients can expect a respectful, warm tone and practical steps alongside emotional reflection. Elena describes therapy as a collaborative process where the person’s own goals lead the work. The aim is clearer thinking, steadier moods and better ways of relating to others.
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.
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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 work in online therapy
Trauma-Focused Therapy here is about recognising how painful events affect daily life and helping people build clearer ways to feel safer and more stable. It focuses on understanding reactions and developing practical coping steps for intrusive memories, flashbacks or high anxiety.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. Sessions help people notice how they connect with others, and work on changing unhelpful ways of relating that cause loneliness or repeated conflict.
The right approach is chosen together. Elena discusses goals and preferences in early meetings and adapts methods as needs evolve. That collaborative planning makes it easier to try short experiments in thinking and behaviour and to review what helps.
Online work is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video helps for fuller conversation and visual cues, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat suits brief check-ins or when a written thread helps reflection. These options give flexibility for people juggling work, family or distance from the therapist.
Frequently asked
What concerns does this counsellor help with?
Common concerns include stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief and relationship difficulties. Additional areas covered are ADHD, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, and challenges linked to chronic illness or caregiver stress.
What is the therapist's general approach in sessions?
Sessions use a mix of Trauma-Focused Therapy, attachment-based and client-centred work, with cognitive behavioural and emotionally-focused techniques as needed. The focus is practical and collaborative, helping people understand patterns and try different ways to cope.
How much clinical experience does the counsellor have?
She has six years of professional experience working with adults on a variety of emotional and behavioural concerns. That background includes work with trauma, bereavement, addiction and neurodiversity-related needs.
What credentials and region are noted?
Elena is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Italian. International clients may be supported depending on scheduling and arrangements.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with this counsellor?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, then scheduling a session according to the therapist's availability.
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