Elaine Fyffe , BACP

Elaine Fyffe is a humanistic person centred counsellor who brings 14 years of experience to her work. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, parenting concerns and depression. Elaine keeps conversation straightforward and aims to make each session feel like a calm, focused space for thinking things through.

Her approach starts from the view that the client knows their own life best. She listens closely and helps people notice their strengths. Sessions often centre on clear, manageable steps rather than complex theory or long lectures.

Elaine also gives attention to related struggles such as attachment issues, body image, codependency and feelings of isolation. She supports people dealing with cancer, workplace pressures and the weight of guilt or shame. Women’s issues are included among her focus areas and she offers an empathetic, non-judgemental space for those concerns.

Over the years Elaine has helped people recover steadier routines, manage mood changes and find clearer ways to parent under pressure. Her work is grounded in humanistic values and person centred practice, so clients set the pace and priorities. She aims to make therapy feel practical and real, with tools that can be used between sessions.

If someone is unsure where to begin, Elaine helps them break things down into small steps. Conversations cover immediate coping, longer-term goals and how to build on strengths already present.

How Elaine’s approaches work online

Elaine works from a humanistic, person centred viewpoint that places the client's experience at the centre of sessions. This approach is about listening carefully and helping people notice their own strengths, which can help with anxiety, depression and parenting stress. It is practical and conversational rather than directive.

She also draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on coping skills and emotional pacing. These techniques teach short, usable strategies for managing stress, cravings or overwhelming emotions and can be helpful after a few sessions when practiced between meetings. The emphasis is on learning tools and applying them to daily life rather than lengthy theory.

Finding the right approach is a joint process. Elaine discusses goals and preferences with each person and adapts methods to suit their needs. Clients and therapist work together to try different ways of working until something fits and feels useful.

Online therapy here can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls let you use visual cues and a fuller conversation, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day, chat works for shorter focused check-ins, and messaging is useful for flexible, ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family or medical schedules.