Elena Lanza, BACP

Elena Lanza is a counsellor who blends humanistic warmth with practical tools to help people feel steadier. She works with worries such as anxiety, stress, relationship strain and grief, and supports people navigating identity, neurodiversity and recovery from trauma. Elena holds BACP accreditation, which she uses to guide a thoughtful, person-focused way of working.

Elena offers straightforward sessions where people can talk about what matters most to them. She draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to look at thinking patterns and practical coping steps. She also uses Attachment-Based ideas to understand relationship patterns and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to address intense feelings and connection issues.

In sessions she keeps things adaptable. Exercises might include breath work, mindfulness practices or simple creative tasks to help access difficult feelings. She sometimes uses Internal Family Systems ideas to help people notice and name the different parts of their inner life.

Her practice includes work with neurodiversity, ADHD and autism, and with people facing addiction, bereavement, or long-term health challenges. She also supports those dealing with intimacy and commitment questions, abandonment, or complex family arrangements.

Elena has six years of clinical experience in the United Kingdom and speaks English and Italian. She welcomes exploration of difficult experiences and helps people take small, manageable steps toward clearer thinking, calmer emotions and better day-to-day functioning.

How Elena’s approaches translate to online working

Elena draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and build practical coping steps. CBT often involves short tasks to try between sessions, which can fit well into everyday routines and make progress feel tangible.

She also uses Attachment-Based and Emotionally-Focused approaches to look at how people relate to others and to their own feelings. These approaches involve noticing patterns, naming emotions and practising new ways of connecting, which can be explored through conversation and reflective exercises in online sessions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Elena will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs and preferences, and she adjusts the mix of techniques as therapy progresses so the work stays useful and relevant.

The practical benefits of online work include easier fitting of sessions into busy lives, the ability to use short check-ins when needed, and the option to continue therapy while travelling or living abroad. The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Many people find online conversations and brief between-session tasks help ideas and skills transfer into day-to-day life.