Counsellor profile
Elizabeth Gichuki, BACP
Counsellor - relationships and trauma
See online counselling options- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
About Elizabeth
Counsellor and BACP member Elizabeth Gichuki has six years' experience working with adults and young people in the United Kingdom. She helps people with anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, anger, low self-esteem, ADHD and bereavement, among other issues. Elizabeth works in English and Swahili and accepts international clients.
Elizabeth uses a relational and integrative approach. That means she draws on a few different ways of working to suit what a person brings to sessions. She often blends person-centred ideas with psychodynamic thinking. This can include looking at early experiences and doing inner-child work when it seems helpful.
In practice she offers a steady, conversational way of working. Sessions are used to talk through current problems and the feelings they raise. People commonly bring things like anxious thinking, grief, trouble sleeping, sexuality and intimacy concerns, or strains from caring roles.
Elizabeth also has experience with trauma and abuse, including physical, sexual and emotional harm, and with people coming out of controlling or narcissistic relationships. She uses narrative elements to help people name their experiences and make sense of what has happened to them.
Her work is aimed at building understanding of how past and present link together. She helps people notice patterns in relationships, reactions and choices. Practical coping ideas and longer-term reflection can both appear in sessions depending on what the person needs.
To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
Therapeutic approaches for online counselling
Elizabeth commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centred Therapy in her work. ACT focuses on noticing thoughts and values and taking small steps that matter to you; it can help with anxiety, low mood and getting unstuck. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and can be useful for relationship and intimacy issues. Client-Centred Therapy centres the person's experience in the room and supports clearer self-understanding and decision making.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Elizabeth will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and decide together which methods to try. That collaborative discussion can change as the work unfolds, with different ideas used at different times.
The practical benefits of online counselling include fitting sessions into a busy life and making it easier to attend from different locations. Please confirm which session formats are offered before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online sessions can be shorter check-ins, full therapy sessions or a way to keep continuity if circumstances change, and they can help people manage travel time and other commitments.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Swahili
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she often work with?
She commonly helps people with anxiety, depression, relationship problems, grief, anger, low self-esteem and ADHD, among other concerns.
What kind of therapy style does she use?
She works in a relational, integrative way, combining person-centred and psychodynamic ideas with approaches such as narrative and ACT.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Elizabeth has six years' experience working with adults and young people in therapeutic settings.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Can sessions be offered in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Swahili.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking as formats are not specified in the biography.
How are sessions priced?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.