Ellie Byrne
Practical person-centred support for life challenges
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About Ellie
Ellie Byrne offers straightforward, non-judgemental support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, grief or big life changes. She is named in the first paragraph as a therapist who focuses on helping individuals manage mood, trauma and relationship concerns. Her tone is calm and practical, intended for someone reading on a phone and looking for clear next steps.
Ellie uses a person-centred way of working. Sessions are shaped around what each person brings and what they want to get from therapy.
Background and approach
She encourages clients to lead the pace while offering ideas and strategies when helpful. Her background blends psychological and psychotherapeutic thinking with counselling practice. The biography states she draws on humanistic, cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic ideas and mixes these with a welcoming, person-centred counselling style.
That means she can offer practical techniques for day-to-day problems alongside conversations about deeper patterns and life meaning. Ellie has five years of experience and holds BACP, which denotes membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She works in the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English.
People often come to her for help with anxiety, depression, addiction or trauma and for issues such as parenting stress, relationship difficulties, eating and sleeping problems, low self-esteem and career worries. If you are thinking about therapy, she asks clients to make the first contact and complete the site's short questionnaire to help match needs and plan next steps.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 5
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 399603
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Ellie's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Ellie works with
Everything Ellie lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ellie lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Ellie works online
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Ellie will help clients decide which methods suit their goals and preferences, and will adapt techniques as therapy progresses. The process is collaborative, with the client’s needs guiding which tools are used and when.
Confirm the exact session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into daily life, for example by saving travel time or allowing shorter check-ins during a work break. Other practical benefits include being able to attend from a quieter location or choosing a session style that needs less bandwidth or no camera. Registered or accredited professionals can use different approaches effectively via remote work, and Ellie will discuss what works best for each person when you begin.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
Ellie supports people with stress, anxiety, addiction, depression and trauma as well as relationship and family concerns. She also works with issues like sleep, eating, parenting stress and career worries.
How would you describe the therapy style?
She uses a person-centred style that lets the client lead the pace, combined with practical techniques from cognitive behavioural work and wider psychotherapeutic thinking.
What is her professional background?
Ellie has five years of experience working in psychological and counselling roles and applies a mix of humanistic, cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic ideas in her practice.
Where is this therapist based?
She practises in the United Kingdom and the biography notes her membership of BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with this counsellor?
International clients are not accepted at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies by therapist and location; sessions on the service use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to begin?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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