Elizabeth Pickford
Compassionate counsellor focusing on attachment and trauma
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Pickford is a counsellor with three years of clinical practice and a BACP credential. She draws on a long background working with children and families while focusing her recent work on adults facing anxiety, trauma, addiction and relationship strain. Her approach is warm and straightforward, aiming to make appointments feel manageable for busy parents and carers.
She offers a person-centred stance in sessions, listening first and following what the client brings.
Background and approach
That means conversations are shaped around the person in front of her rather than a fixed script. Sessions typically focus on understanding difficult feelings, improving relationships, and finding practical steps to cope day to day. Elizabeth also uses attachment-focused and trauma-informed methods when helpful.
These approaches look at how past relationships and painful experiences affect current behaviour and emotions. Work often includes talking through patterns, noticing triggers, and building new ways of relating to others and the self. Practical concerns such as parenting strain, grief, problem drinking, low mood and work stress are common topics.
She helps people untangle these problems so they make more sense and feel less overwhelming. The emphasis is on steady, manageable change rather than quick fixes. Appointments can be arranged online by following the site's booking steps.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. Elizabeth conducts work in English and practices from the United Kingdom.
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Sessions & fees
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions. In sessions this might mean looking at patterns in close relationships and practising new ways of connecting with others to reduce anxiety and relationship strain.Client-centred therapy places the person's experience at the centre of the room. The therapist listens without judgement and follows the client's lead, helping them name difficult feelings and decide what matters most to change.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and work with strong emotions that drive behaviours in relationships. It is useful for reducing reactive patterns, improving intimacy, and managing distress linked to attachment wounds.
Choosing a therapeutic approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss different methods and help decide what fits the client's needs, goals and preferences. That choice is made together and can adapt as progress is made.
Online sessions offer flexibility for people juggling family and work. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller exchange is needed. Phone sessions or live chat suit shorter check-ins, lower bandwidth situations, or when being on camera is difficult. Text-based messaging can help maintain momentum between sessions and keep practical work moving forward.
| 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
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
