About Elaine
Elaine Griffith is a counsellor who blends humanistic and integrative ways of working to suit each person’s needs. She holds BACP membership, and has seven years of practice supporting people through difficult times. Elaine offers a calm, non-judgemental presence and focuses on practical steps as well as understanding underlying patterns.
Clients can expect to set clear goals together. Elaine helps identify which areas of life to change and then explores options and choices.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be direct but gentle, with space to talk about painful feelings as well as small successes. She commonly supports people dealing with anxiety, depression and stress, and works with issues such as trauma, grief, addictions and relationship difficulties. Phobias, panic and obsessive-compulsive patterns are also within her focus areas.
Elaine also addresses concerns about self-esteem, work and life transitions. Her style draws on a mix of client-centred listening, cognitive approaches and psychodynamic thinking. Mindfulness and attachment ideas are used where they help people notice patterns and try new behaviours.
Sessions can include practical exercises, reflective conversation and short-term plan-setting. Elaine describes counselling as a shared journey. She will walk alongside clients as they tackle hard feelings and make changes.
The work can be emotional and challenging, but the aim is steady, concrete progress over time.
How Elaine’s approaches work online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect current feelings and reactions. It helps people notice repeating patterns and try different ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, and is often used for anxiety, phobias and mood problems. Client-Centred Therapy offers a warm, accepting space where the person leads the conversation and the counsellor reflects and supports exploration.Choosing the right approach is something Elaine treats as a team effort. She will discuss your goals and experiences, try methods that match what you want, and adapt the plan as you go. The focus is on what helps you make steady, manageable changes rather than a fixed protocol.
Online work is offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging suits people who prefer written reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, travel and family life while keeping continuity of care.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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