Elena Lanza, BACP
6 years in practice
Elena Lanza is a counsellor who blends Jungian ideas with practical approaches to help people make sense of difficult feelings.
License and registration
- BACP
- 404144 · expires February 2027
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English, Italian
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Elena
Elena Lanza is a counsellor who blends Jungian ideas with practical approaches to help people make sense of difficult feelings. She offers a calm, non-judgemental space for people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or major life changes. Elena speaks English and Italian and works with clients across the United Kingdom and internationally.
She uses Jungian therapy alongside attachment-based and client-centred ways of working. Sessions include talking through patterns, looking at relationships and exploring personal meaning.
Background and approach
Elena also draws on cognitive behavioural techniques when helpful to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Her practice is inclusive of LGBT people and those with neurodiversity, including ADHD and autism. She has experience supporting people coping with trauma, abuse, addiction, bereavement and chronic illness.
Elena aims to meet each person where they are and tailor the work to their needs. Elena holds BACP accreditation, which indicates registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has six years of professional experience and offers a mix of therapeutic tools such as mindfulness, breath work and art-based methods when appropriate.
People can expect a collaborative atmosphere focused on understanding feelings and finding manageable ways forward. Elena encourages clients to bring what matters to them and works at a pace that feels right for each individual.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Elena lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 Elena names
- Jungian Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Blending Jungian, Attachment and Client-Centred Work Online
Elena draws on Jungian therapy to help people explore inner images, symbols and personal meaning and how these relate to current difficulties. This approach can be useful for those wanting deeper self-understanding and to make sense of recurring life patterns.She also uses attachment-based work to look at how early relationship patterns affect present-day connections and emotional responses. Client-centred methods keep the work grounded in the person's own pace and priorities, with the counsellor listening and reflecting rather than directing the process.
Finding the right approach is part of the journey, and Elena treats that as a collaborative conversation. Together the client and counsellor will consider goals, preferences and which methods feel most helpful, adjusting the plan as work unfolds.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexible ways to engage. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual connection, phone can fit into a busy day, and chat or messaging work well for shorter check-ins or people who prefer to write. These options help make therapy easier to fit around work, family and travel commitments while keeping the focus on practical, meaningful progress.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Elena help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions and coping with life changes. Additional areas include ADHD, neurodiversity, parenting strain and career concerns.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style combines Jungian exploration with attachment-based and client-centred approaches. She balances deep inner work with practical techniques from CBT and mindfulness.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has six years of professional experience working with a wide range of issues such as trauma, bereavement, addiction and neurodiversity. Her practice also includes art-based methods and breath work.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises from the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP in her credentials.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Italian for clients who prefer either language.
What session formats are available?
Elena works online using video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different communication needs.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
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