Elaine Griffith
Practical, collaborative counselling for change
About Elaine
Elaine Griffith is a counsellor with seven years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and combines a range of humanistic and integrative methods to fit each person's needs. Elaine aims to make the first session straightforward and approachable for people who are unsure what to expect.
She creates a non-judgemental space where people can talk about things that cause emotional pain, confusion or difficulty.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on understanding what matters most to the client and identifying practical steps forward. Elaine works collaboratively to set goals and build a plan that feels achievable. In practice she uses approaches that include attachment-based work, client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques, mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas.
These tools are mixed to suit the person rather than follow a fixed formula. Elaine will help investigate patterns such as anxiety, low mood or unhelpful behaviours and look for their underlying causes. Therapy with her may involve talking through relationship problems, grief, trauma, addictions, self-esteem or career worries.
She also supports people facing parenting strain, sleep and eating issues, compulsive behaviours and panic. Elaine describes the work as sometimes uncomfortable but ultimately aimed at growth and meaningful change. The sessions are conversational and practical.
She will walk alongside a client while they explore feelings, try new ways of coping and test different choices in life.
What Elaine works with
How Elaine works
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Sessions & fees
How Elaine's approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional responses; it helps people understand and change repeated ways of relating. Client-centred therapy emphasises empathic listening and the client's own capacity to find solutions, offering a calm space to be heard. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses straightforward strategies to reduce symptoms like anxiety or panic attacks.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Elaine will discuss goals, preferences and how a person responds to different techniques. Together they will adapt methods over time so the sessions remain useful and relevant to the client’s situation.
Online sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone conversations, live chat or text-based messaging, making therapy easier to fit around daily life. Video calls work well for visual connection and fuller conversation, while phone sessions use less data and can be a good shorter check-in. Live chat or messaging suits people who prefer typing or need flexible timing. These options help people access consistent support from different locations and at varied times.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| 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
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
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
