Elaine Bell
Compassionate counsellor for life transitions
About Elaine
Elaine Bell is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She works with adults on issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, relationship problems and stress. She also offers support around ADHD, self-esteem, addictions and career concerns.
Elaine holds a Foundation Degree in Counselling and an Honours Degree in Counselling and Professional Issues. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and has eight years of professional experience.
Background and approach
Her background includes both charity sector work and independent practice. She uses a relational, person-focused style that pays attention to feelings and life patterns. Elaine draws on a range of approaches including client-centred, psychodynamic and existential ideas, and also brings mindfulness and Jungian perspectives into sessions when helpful.
She aims to listen without judgement and to help people make sense of their experience. Sessions typically explore how personal stories, bodily reactions and recurring beliefs affect daily life. Elaine encourages practical steps alongside reflection, so clients can try new ways of coping between meetings.
She emphasises that clients already hold strengths they can build on. For new clients Elaine offers weekly phone, video or live chat sessions. Asynchronous messaging is limited to practical matters and will not receive therapeutic replies.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and sessions are scheduled according to availability.
What Elaine works with
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches for online counselling
Client-centred work focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person in front of the counsellor. It helps when someone needs acceptance, clearer self-understanding and practical choices in daily life.Existential therapy looks at the big questions people face - meaning, values and responsibility. This can help during major life changes, career crossroads or when someone feels stuck and unsure about next steps.
Psychodynamic ideas pay attention to recurring patterns and early relationships that shape feelings and behaviour. This can be useful for people who want to understand why they react the way they do and how past experiences affect current relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will collaborate with each person to match methods to their needs, goals and preferences rather than using one fixed method. That partnership helps refine what is helpful as therapy progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions and live chat, giving flexibility to fit therapy around work, care or travel. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions are useful for lower bandwidth or when not being on camera feels easier, and live chat can provide a shorter check-in or a way to reflect in writing. These options make it straightforward to keep therapy consistent and practical across different routines.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
