Eliska Finlay
Compassionate counsellor for adults navigating change
About Eliska
Eliska Finlay is a counsellor in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience and a BACP accreditation. She works with adults who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, ADHD, career uncertainty or major life changes. Her manner is calm and approachable, aimed at helping people take practical steps forward.
Eliska uses a reflective, psychodynamic-informed way of working. Sessions focus on understanding patterns that repeat in day-to-day life and where these patterns might come from.
Background and approach
Conversations are gentle but direct, and she helps clients make sense of feelings so they feel less disorienting. People often come when they feel stuck, exhausted, or unsure what to do next. Eliska helps by naming what is happening and breaking problems into smaller, manageable steps.
She encourages exploration of both recent stresses and older experiences that still affect daily life. Work together includes talking through difficult memories, recognising unhelpful habits, and deciding practical changes to try between sessions. The aim is clearer thinking, steadier moods, and stronger self-knowledge rather than quick fixes.
Eliska welcomes conversations about career direction, relationship worries, parenting strains, grief and eating concerns. Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
What Eliska works with
Sessions & fees
Practical therapeutic approaches for online work
Eliska draws on psychodynamic-informed methods that look at recurring patterns and how past experiences shape current feelings. This approach helps people understand why they react in certain ways and can be useful for anxiety, low self-esteem and relationship worries.She also uses reflective talking therapy focused on noticing thoughts, emotions and behaviours in day-to-day life. This practical side helps people identify small changes to try between sessions, which is helpful for career decisions, workplace stress and coping with transitions.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Eliska will discuss what feels most useful and adapt methods to a person's goals and preferences. Together they set aims and check progress so therapy stays relevant to real life concerns.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and hold longer conversations. Phone sessions can fit into a short break from work or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
| 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
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
