Elena Lanza
Calm, attentive counselling for life changes
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About Elena
Elena Lanza is a counsellor who blends warmth with practical support to help people feel steadier. She works with those facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief and many life changes. Elena speaks English and Italian and brings six years of experience to her practice in the United Kingdom.
Her way of working draws on attachment-based thinking and client-centred care. She pays attention to how early connections shape present patterns and listens closely to each person's experience.
Background and approach
Sessions are shaped around what an individual needs and how they prefer to work. Elena also uses cognitive behavioural ideas to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviours. She combines these approaches with emotion-focused and existential elements to look at meaning, values and how emotions guide choices.
This mix helps with mood, trauma, intimacy concerns, and struggles with identity or orientation. She has additional experience with ADHD, autism, adoption and foster care, attachment issues and complex family dynamics. Elena offers techniques such as mindfulness, breath work and art-based practices to manage strong feelings.
She also works with Internal Family Systems ideas and supports people exploring psychedelic integration. To begin, people select the Start Therapy button, fill in a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability. Costs vary by location and are charged through a cancellable subscription model.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 6
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 404144
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Approaches include
- Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Elena's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Elena works with
Everything Elena lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Elena lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Elena works online
Client-Centred Therapy centres on the person's own experience and choice. The counsellor follows the individual's pace, reflects what they say, and helps them find their own solutions to stress, identity and life changes.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviours. It is practical and can be useful for anxiety, depression and managing day-to-day coping skills.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Elena will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. She adapts techniques over time as needs and circumstances change, working together to test what helps.
If you are considering online sessions, check which formats are currently offered before booking. Many people choose online therapy because it can fit around work, family and travel more easily, and it can allow shorter check-ins or sessions without being on camera. Discuss practical arrangements with the therapist when you book so sessions fit into your everyday life.
Questions and answers
What concerns does Elena commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and abuse, addiction, ADHD and a wide range of other life challenges.
How would you describe Elena's therapeutic style?
Her style mixes attachment-based, client-centred and cognitive behavioural approaches with emotion-focused and existential ideas to suit each person's needs.
What is her professional background?
Elena has six years of experience working with diverse emotional and relational issues, including neurodiversity, trauma and bereavement.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She holds BACP and practises from the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I'm outside the UK or speak another language?
Sessions are offered in English and Italian, and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Please confirm the current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.
How are sessions charged and what does it cost?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the first steps to start therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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