Elena Lanza, BACP
Elena Lanza is a BACP-registered counsellor who blends humanistic care with practical methods to help people feeling overwhelmed by life.
- Stress & Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and Abuse
- +18 more
About Elena
Elena Lanza is a BACP-registered counsellor who blends humanistic care with practical methods to help people feeling overwhelmed by life. She offers calm, direct support for stress, anxiety and depression. Her manner is warm and open, inviting honest conversation about difficult feelings.
Elena uses a mix of talking therapies to suit each person. She works with attachment-based ideas, client-centred listening and cognitive behavioural techniques to help identify unhelpful thinking and build different responses.
Background and approach
Sessions can include breath work and mindfulness to manage strong emotions in the moment. Her background includes six years of counselling experience across a wide range of concerns. Elena has supported people dealing with grief, trauma, addiction, self-esteem and relationship difficulties.
She also has experience with neurodiversity issues such as ADHD and autism. She welcomes LGBT people and aims to make therapy inclusive and respectful. Elena describes her role as helping people make sense of their feelings and patterns, and to find steps that feel doable in day-to-day life.
Elena offers online and remote formats for flexibility. Sessions are available in English and Italian, and she is able to work with international clients when needed. The focus is practical and collaborative, working at a pace that suits each person.
Registration
| 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.
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 Elena works with
Everything Elena lists, 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
Approaches Elena lists
- 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
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
She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try out different ways of thinking and acting. CBT is practical and often focuses on small steps that reduce anxiety or low mood over time.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Elena will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and adjust methods over time. This is a collaborative process where the person and counsellor decide what feels most useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer, conversational sessions that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a lunch break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer typed communication. These options aim to make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and to keep regular contact when needed.
Frequently asked
What kinds of issues does this counsellor help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety and depression as well as relationship and trauma-related concerns. Other focus areas include grief, addiction, self-esteem and neurodiversity-related challenges.
What style of therapy does she use in sessions?
The approach mixes attachment-based work with client-centred listening and cognitive behavioural techniques. Sessions can also use mindfulness and breath work for emotion regulation.
How much clinical experience does she have?
The counsellor has six years of hands-on counselling experience supporting people with a wide range of difficulties. That experience includes work with trauma, grief and neurodiversity.
Where is the counsellor based and what are her credentials?
She practices from the United Kingdom and is registered with the BACP. The BACP is listed as her professional credential.
Which languages are supported in therapy?
Sessions are offered in English and Italian. She is also able to work with international clients when appropriate.
What session formats are available online?
Therapy can be delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. This variety allows shorter check-ins or longer conversation-focused sessions.
How are sessions priced?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. Exact fees depend on the chosen plan and region.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Start by clicking the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. You can then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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