Elizabeth Cockram , BACP

Elizabeth Cockram is a counsellor with 15 years' experience working across public and private settings in the United Kingdom. She focuses on relationship difficulties, stress, anxiety and life changes, and commonly helps people struggling with grief, trauma, addictions and self-esteem concerns. Elizabeth uses a straightforward, people-centred way of working to help clients talk through what matters to them.

Her background includes work for Social Services and roles within the NHS, where she used a range of talking therapies. She has also run a private practice and supported clients through online counselling. Elizabeth draws on approaches that suit each person's needs rather than following one fixed method.

In sessions she favours clear, practical conversation. She helps people identify patterns in relationships, manage worry and cope with big transitions. For couples or partners she looks at communication habits and ways to rebuild trust and connection.

Elizabeth often combines talking work with practical exercises that people can try between sessions. She uses mindfulness techniques to help reduce anxiety and cognitive strategies to challenge unhelpful thinking. Attachment ideas are used when relationship patterns trace back to early experiences.

People who choose to work with her can expect a calm, patient presence and a collaborative approach. She aims to make each session useful and straightforward so clients can take small, manageable steps forward. Her practice supports a wide range of concerns including LGBT issues, parenting strains, eating and sleeping difficulties, and chronic health challenges.

How Elizabeth uses talking therapies online

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps when trust, closeness or repeated relationship problems keep coming up. Client-Centred Therapy keeps the person at the heart of the work, offering a non-judgemental space where clients set the pace and topics for change. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments to reduce anxiety and improve mood.

Choosing the right approach is something to do together. Elizabeth will discuss your goals and preferences in early sessions and suggest which methods to try first. She adapts methods as you go, checking in to make sure the work feels useful and manageable.

Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls enable face-to-face conversation, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat or text-based messaging lets clients check in between sessions or choose a format without being on camera. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to practise skills in everyday situations.