Elena Lanza , BACP

Elena Lanza is a counsellor who uses practical, person-focused approaches to help people through hard times. She works in English and Italian and brings six years of experience to sessions. Elena welcomes people from many backgrounds, including LGBT clients, and supports those facing stress, anxiety, grief and relationship struggles.

Her practice combines attachment-based ideas with client-centred listening and cognitive behavioural techniques. Sessions often begin by looking at what matters most to the person and what they want to change. She helps people spot patterns, try small experiments, and notice what makes life feel easier.

Elena also draws on emotionally-focused work and existential perspectives when deeper meaning, connection or life direction is part of the concern. This can be useful for intimacy issues, feelings of loss, and major life transitions. Practical tools such as breath work and mindfulness are taught to manage difficult feelings between sessions.

She has experience supporting people with trauma and abuse, addiction and compassion fatigue, and with neurodiversity including ADHD and autism. Elena also offers help around parenting stresses, eating and sleeping problems, career worries and coping with illness or chronic pain.

Sessions are offered online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging, and international clients are welcomed. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are scheduled according to therapist availability.

How Elena’s approaches work online

Elena uses attachment-based and client-centred approaches alongside cognitive behavioural techniques to support people online. Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build more secure ways of relating. Client-centred work prioritises the person’s own goals, offering empathic listening and space to make sense of feelings. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) adds practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and is useful for anxiety, sleep and mood concerns.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Elena will talk through what you want to achieve and try methods that fit your goals and preferences. She adapts the mix of talking, reflective exercises and practical tasks so the work suits you as it develops.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging, which offer flexibility for different lifestyles. Video sessions are similar to in-person work and let you use visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is low or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat or text messaging is helpful for brief check-ins, written reflection or when you need support between longer meetings. These choices make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and life commitments.