Elena Lanza, BACP
Gentle narrative-led counselling for everyday struggles
Details
| Name | Elena Lanza |
|---|---|
| Credentials | BACP |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | BACP |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English, Italian |
| Years in practice | 6 |
About Elena
Elena Lanza is a counsellor who works with people seeking clearer understanding of their feelings and life experiences. She brings warmth and openness to sessions and welcomes clients from diverse backgrounds. Elena offers support when stress, anxiety, relationship problems or trauma make day-to-day life hard.
Elena uses a narrative-informed approach alongside attachment-based and client-centred ideas to help people tell their story and notice repeating patterns. She also draws on cognitive behavioural techniques and emotionally focused work when practical tools are helpful.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to make emotions easier to name and manage, and to spot the habits that get in the way. In practice she tailors each session to the person in front of her. That might mean working through painful memories, improving communication, or building new routines for sleep, eating and stress.
Elena also supports people dealing with grief, long-term health conditions, addiction, ADHD and identity questions. Her work includes attention to attachment, abandonment and adoption issues when they emerge. Elena has six years of professional experience and holds BACP registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
She speaks English and Italian and sees clients across the United Kingdom and internationally. Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step connects a client to the start of therapy.
Sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time and fees vary with location and availability.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse among the things Elena works with, alongside the areas below.
- 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 counseling
- 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 listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Elena among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Elena among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Elena among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Elena among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Elena among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Elena among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Elena among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Elena among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Elena among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Elena among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Elena among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Elena directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Elena directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Narrative and relational approaches for online therapy
Elena uses Narrative Therapy to help people tell and reshape the stories that guide their lives. This approach helps separate a person from their problems so they can see recurring patterns and choose different responses. Attachment-Based Therapy complements this by looking at how early relationships shape current emotional responses and connections, which is useful for relationship difficulties and intimacy issues.She also works in a client-centred way, which means sessions are led by the person's needs and pace. Finding the right blend of approaches is a collaborative process; the therapist will work with the client to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences and the issues they bring to sessions.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever they are, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit shorter check-ins or those who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities or travel, while allowing the therapeutic approaches described to be used effectively in different formats.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of problems does Elena help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship issues, as well as ADHD, addiction and grief. Additional areas include eating and sleeping problems, self-esteem, career concerns and coping with life changes.
What is Elena's therapy style like?
Her work is narrative-focused and person-centred with practical tools from cognitive behavioural and emotionally focused approaches. Sessions combine listening, story work and techniques to change unhelpful patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of professional experience supporting people with a wide range of emotional and relational difficulties. That background includes work with trauma, neurodiversity and bereavement.
Where is Elena based and what credentials does she hold?
She practises from the United Kingdom and is registered with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and Italian to accommodate speakers of either language.
What formats are available for sessions?
Therapy is offered online by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. The exact cost varies with the client's location and therapist availability.
How do I begin working with Elena?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a session according to the therapist's availability.
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