Elena Lanza , BACP

Elena Lanza is a dedicated counselling professional who supports people through healing and self-discovery with warmth, empathy, and clinical skill. She creates a respectful, open space where individuals can explore difficult feelings and life challenges, whether they are seeking help for a specific issue or wishing to understand their experiences more deeply.

Elena recognises that life can feel overwhelming at times and that professional support can complement the care of friends and family. She offers personalised, tailored support that honours each person’s background and identity, including those from LGBTQIA+ communities. Her approach is inclusive and nonjudgmental, encouraging clients to bring their whole selves into the work.

Her practice blends humanistic and psychodynamic perspectives with cognitive behavioural techniques to address patterns, behaviours, and the roots of emotional struggles. She also integrates creative methods such as art therapy alongside mindfulness and breath work to help manage strong emotions. Elena works with Internal Family Systems (IFS) to access deeper emotional layers and provides specialised integration therapy for people processing psychedelic experiences.

Elena has experience supporting people with anxiety, depression, trauma, obsessive-compulsive difficulties, sexual and physical abuse, domestic violence recovery, addiction, bereavement, and neurodiversity including ADHD and autism. She is a member of the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which is the UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists. Elena offers compassionate, skilled support aimed at helping individuals find insight, manage distress, and move toward meaningful change.

Integrative Approaches for Online Emotional Support

Elena draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationship patterns influence current emotions and connection with others; this approach can be helpful for people working through relationship difficulties, abandonment wounds, or attachment concerns. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, offering a warm, nonjudgmental stance that prioritises the client’s own pace and perspective to foster self-understanding and personal growth. Additionally, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is applied to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and practical coping strategies.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Elena works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Licensed professionals and therapists guide this selection together with the client, adapting techniques as the work unfolds to best support progress.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow people to access therapy from different locations and schedules. This range of options can make it easier to maintain continuity of care, attend sessions during busy days, and choose the format that feels most comfortable for each stage of the therapeutic journey.