Elena Lanza , BACP

Elena Lanza is a BACP-registered counsellor based in the United Kingdom with six years of professional experience supporting people through difficult life moments. She blends warmth and clinical skill to create a compassionate environment where clients can explore their feelings and make sense of painful or confusing experiences. BACP refers to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a recognised professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK.

Elena offers an inclusive, nonjudgmental approach and welcomes people from diverse backgrounds, including LGBTQIA+ individuals. She works both with specific problems and with deeper life questions, tailoring support to each person’s needs. Her practice is informed by humanistic and psychodynamic perspectives together with cognitive behavioural methods, allowing her to address present difficulties and their underlying patterns.

Practical techniques such as art therapy, mindfulness and breath work are used alongside Internal Family Systems work to help manage strong emotions and access deeper self-understanding. She also offers specialised integration therapy for clients who are processing psychedelic experiences. Elena’s clinical experience covers anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, sexual and physical abuse, domestic violence recovery, addiction, bereavement and neurodiversity including ADHD and autism.

Across her practice Elena aims to honour each individual’s story, supporting change and resilience with empathy, curiosity and professional skill.

Integrative Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Elena draws on evidence-based approaches that translate well to online formats. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship experiences influence present patterns and helps people understand difficulties in intimacy, abandonment concerns and attachment issues. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a supportive, empathic relationship in which the client’s own experience guides the pace of change; it is useful for building self-esteem and navigating life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and offers practical strategies to manage anxiety, low mood and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Elena works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals and preferences, adapting techniques as therapy progresses.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility, allowing sessions by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, to continue work while traveling, or to access therapists across different locations. Licensed professionals can deliver meaningful, focused work through these formats while tailoring sessions to what each client finds most helpful.