Elena Lanza , BACP

Elena Lanza is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who guides people through healing and personal growth. With six years of clinical experience, she blends compassionate listening with practical therapeutic tools to help clients navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, neurodiversity-related concerns and a wide range of life challenges. She welcomes people from diverse backgrounds, including LGBTQIA+ individuals, and offers therapy in both English and Italian.

Her practice draws on Humanistic, Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behavioural approaches, tailoring interventions to each person's needs and history. Elena also makes use of creative and somatic techniques such as art therapy, mindfulness and breath work to support emotional regulation and present-moment awareness. She works with Internal Family Systems to explore internal parts and deeper emotional layers, and provides specialised integration therapy for those processing psychedelic experiences.

Elena has worked with people facing anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, trauma from sexual or physical abuse, domestic violence, OCD, and the challenges of neurodiversity including ADHD and autism. She aims to understand the origins of recurring patterns and to offer practical pathways toward change. As a member of the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - she brings professional standards alongside an open-minded, respectful stance to every therapeutic relationship.

Integrating therapeutic approaches in online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape emotional patterns and interpersonal trust. It helps people understand and rework relationship dynamics, especially when difficulties with closeness, abandonment or attachment have affected wellbeing. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience, offering empathic listening and acceptance so clients can explore feelings and make their own changes; it is useful for building self-esteem, clarifying values and supporting personal growth. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) identifies unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and introduces practical strategies to reduce distress and improve functioning, often supporting issues such as anxiety, depression and unhelpful coping habits.

Determining the best therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Elena works with each client to assess needs, goals and preferences, and adapts techniques from different models to suit the individual. The aim is to find methods that feel right and produce meaningful progress.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions take place, with options for video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, maintain continuity when travel or schedules change, and access licensed professionals from different locations while keeping the therapeutic relationship at the center of care.