I am a dedicated counselling professional committed to nurturing your journey towards healing and self-discovery. My practice is a blend of warmth, understanding, and expert guidance, providing a safe and supportive space for your emotional well-being.
If you're feeling distressed and seeking a way to feel better, you're not alone. Life presents challenges that can feel overwhelming, and while friends and family are invaluable, sometimes professional support is needed. This may resonate with you.
You might be looking to address a specific problem or desire a deeper exploration of your life. My role is to support you in making sense of your feelings and experiences. Reaching out for help is a courageous step. As a counsellor, I've experienced this journey myself. In our sessions, I aim to offer you tailored support that meets your individual needs.
I welcome individuals from all backgrounds, including LGBTQIA+ and celebrate the uniqueness of each person. My approach is inclusive, empathetic, and respectful of your experiences. As a grounded and open-minded counsellor, I encourage you to express every aspect of yourself. I am here to listen and support you.
I utilise a blend of Humanistic, Psychodynamic, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, tailored to your unique experience. My aim is to deeply understand your personal experiences and their origins. Through this exploration, we can address patterns and behaviours that affect your life, offering insights and paths for change and growth.
I incorporate art therapy, mindfulness, breath work techniques to help manage difficult emotions and thoughts. Additionally, I work with Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy to help clients connect with deeper emotional layers. I also offer specialised integration therapy for those with psychedelic experiences. With a broad knowledge and deep interest in this area, I provide a safe space to explore and understand these profound journeys.
My experience encompasses working with a wide range of challenges, including anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, sexual and physical abuse, domestic violence survivors, addiction, and bereavement. Additionally, I have a deep understanding and experience in working with neurodiversity, including ADHD and autism, recognising the unique strengths and needs in this area.
Every individual's journey is honoured, and I am here to support you with compassion and professional skill every step of the way.
Additional areas of focus: 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
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP #404144
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Elena Lanza. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Honestly, could not have been luckier to meet a great therapist as her! Honestly an 11 out of 10 for everything. Always going above and beyond, so patient and knowing so much how to communicate. I cannot find enough to express how happy I am about our sessions! Been almost a year now and the help she gave me is gigantic.
Written on Jan 24, 2025 after therapy with Elena for 8 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, coaching, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Elena è una professionista altamente disponibile con cui mi sono sempre trovata a mio agio fin da subito per parlare di argomenti per me molto delicati.
Written on Jan 02, 2025 after therapy with Elena for 2 months on issues concerning trauma and abuse, eating disorders, parenting issues, and self esteem
Elena's lovely, kind, patient and fun to chat to - it's been very easy and natural to build a rapport and feeling of safety with her which leads of open, honest and useful discussion. Elena's always been perceptive to my own contradictions - offering routes for me to reach my own conclusions. She's also very understanding when sessions need cancelling or changing.
Written on Sep 16, 2024 after therapy with Elena for 7 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, self esteem, and adhd
Dr Lanza is up to date and ready to propose the best therapeutical approaches according to contemporary science&neuroscience.
Written on Sep 16, 2024 after therapy with Elena for 7 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and adhd
Extremely recommended :)
Written on Jun 20, 2024 after therapy with Elena for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and relationship issues
Cute and very good listener
Written on May 06, 2024 after therapy with Elena for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, lgbt, and trauma and abuse