Eleni Ourani , BACP

Eleni Ourani is a counsellor with nine years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom. She supports people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and life changes. Eleni also offers help with relationship and intimacy concerns, career stress, ADHD-related challenges and issues affecting LGBT clients.

Eleni uses an integrative style that adapts to each person's needs. She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to address unhelpful thinking and practical coping, and on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people connect with their values. Attachment-based ideas are used to understand how earlier relationships shape current patterns.

Sessions are conversational and down-to-earth. Eleni aims to create a calm space where people can talk without pressure. She encourages small, manageable steps so progress feels achievable rather than overwhelming.

Clients might work on reducing panic and phobic responses, managing anger, dealing with guilt and shame, or improving communication. She also supports people facing separation and divorce, body image or sexual dysfunction concerns, and those wanting to build self-love and purpose.

Eleni explains approaches simply and helps clients decide what feels useful. Her work balances exploring past patterns with practical tools for the present. The focus is on helping people feel steadier and more able to cope with day-to-day life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and finding direction during life changes.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationship patterns affect current behaviour and emotional responses. Understanding these patterns can help people change unhelpful ways of relating and improve intimacy and communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with each person about goals and preferences and together choose which methods to try. Sessions may blend approaches so the plan fits the individual rather than forcing a single method.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is good for a face-to-face feel and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits shorter check-ins or times when typing is easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, childcare and travel, and allow people to access support from wherever they are in the United Kingdom.