Liz Elshaw
Practical, compassionate talking therapy
About Liz
Liz Elshaw helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, grief, depression and parenting pressures. She also supports those dealing with ADHD, addictions, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and anger. She aims to make it easier to talk about painful things and to find practical ways forward.
She works in a calm, non-judgemental way and focuses on what matters to each person. Conversations are intended to feel straightforward and honest.
Background and approach
Liz invites people to describe what is most worrying and to set realistic goals together. Her approach draws on a mix of methods. She uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to look at thinking patterns and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take manageable steps.
Attachment-based ideas and Emotionally-Focused Therapy inform how she explores relationships and emotional responses. Liz trained and practised in the United Kingdom and has six years of professional therapeutic experience. She has worked with people who have autism and ADHD and with a wide range of concerns from grief to chronic stress.
Sessions are conversational and aim to build skills and understanding over time. Clients can expect support with coping strategies, problem solving and clearer emotional awareness. The work is collaborative and paced to suit each person’s needs.
Liz carries the BACP credential, which indicates registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She offers sessions in English and does not take international clients.
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches that work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for long-term worries, low motivation and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at patterns of thought and behaviour and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and shift unhelpful habits. It suits problems like panic, depression and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current emotional responses and can help when relationship patterns or attachment issues cause distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss each option and decide together with the client which methods fit their goals and preferences. That collaborative choice may change over time as needs evolve.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when travel is difficult. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into shorter breaks. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in or work through things in shorter, written exchanges. These options make it easier to arrange regular sessions around work, caring responsibilities and day-to-day life while still working with registered or accredited professionals.
| 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
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
