Elaine Griffith , BACP

Elaine Griffith is a Humanistic Integrative Counsellor who blends techniques from several therapeutic traditions to tailor care to each person's needs. She draws on person-centred principles alongside cognitive and psychodynamic ideas, using creative and solution-focused tools when helpful to support exploration, change and emotional healing.

As a fully insured member of the BACP, Elaine follows professional standards that guide her practice. BACP stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a national professional body that sets ethical guidelines for counsellors and psychotherapists. In sessions she offers a non-judgmental, empathetic space where people can bring thoughts and feelings that are causing pain, confusion or difficulty.

Elaine works collaboratively with clients to identify areas of life they wish to change, then explores options and develops practical goals and a therapeutic plan to guide progress. She accompanies clients through anxiety, depression and low mood, aiming to understand underlying causes and to support meaningful shifts. Her work accepts that change can involve discomfort as well as growth, and she values the opportunity to witness clients' self-discovery and transformation over time.

Therapeutic approaches and flexible online care

Elaine integrates client-centred therapy, offering a supportive, empathic stance that helps people explore their feelings and priorities and build self-understanding - an approach useful for relationship struggles, self-esteem concerns and life transitions. She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy - a practical method that looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours to help manage anxiety, low mood and unhelpful patterns. Attachment-based ideas inform her work as well, helping to address early relationship patterns and issues such as abandonment, trust and intimacy difficulties.

Finding the best approach is part of the collaborative process. Elaine works with clients to identify their needs, goals and preferences and adapts methods over time so therapy remains relevant and effective for each person.

Online therapy in her practice is delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, offering flexibility to fit work, family and daily life. These options make therapy more accessible across distances and schedules, allowing licensed professionals and therapists to provide consistent support while accommodating each person's practical needs.