Eleni Ourani , BACP

Eleni Ourani is a UK-based psychotherapist with 9 years of professional experience and BACP registration (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). She supports people dealing with depression, anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, motivation and procrastination struggles, life transitions, intimacy-related concerns, and LGBT-related issues among other challenges.

As an integrative practitioner, she adapts her work to each individual, tailoring interventions to a person’s needs and preferences. Her practice draws on a range of approaches including psychodynamic work to explore how past experiences influence present patterns, cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and shift one’s relationship to internal experience, and compassion-focused methods to build greater self-kindness.

Eleni emphasizes how people relate and respond to their thoughts and feelings as a route to reducing suffering and creating meaningful change. She aims to offer a respectful, compassionate therapeutic space where people can bring what is happening in their lives without judgment. Taking the first step can take courage, and she meets each person with warmth and practical support as they move toward their goals.

Online approaches for meaningful change and connection

Eleni uses evidence-informed methods adapted for online work, most notably Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and develop committed actions while learning to change their relationship with difficult thoughts and feelings - it can be helpful for anxiety, low motivation, and depression. Attachment-Based Therapy examines how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and trust, making it useful for intimacy issues, abandonment concerns, and relationship difficulties. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns through practical strategies and exercises, and it is often applied to panic, phobias, anxiety, and low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process; Eleni works collaboratively with each person to identify goals, preferences, and which methods feel most helpful, adjusting the plan as therapy progresses.

Online sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy lives and different schedules. These formats allow licensed professionals to provide consistent, ongoing support while making it easier to access help from wherever someone is based within the country, and they can support continuity of care across life changes.