About Elena
Elena Dinu is a counsellor with more than 22 years of experience offering care in the United Kingdom. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works in English and Romanian. Elena aims to make the first step feel manageable for people who are anxious or overwhelmed.
She focuses on building a warm, respectful relationship as the basis for change. Sessions are straightforward and conversational.
Background and approach
Elena listens, helps people name what feels hard, and supports small steps that can make daily life easier. Her background spans work in the UK and Romania in roles as a practitioner psychologist and psychotherapist. That experience has shaped a practical approach to common problems such as stress, anxiety, low mood, grief and relationship strain.
She also has experience with addictions, eating concerns, sleep problems and compassion fatigue. In sessions she offers coaching-style guidance alongside therapeutic work to help people reach clearer decisions about work, parenting or life transitions. She pays attention to self-esteem, anger and intimacy-related issues and helps people develop coping strategies that fit their routines.
Elena uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to each person. Her style is steady and down-to-earth. People who value a calm, respectful space to talk and try things out often find her approach helpful.
Approaches that guide online therapy and practical benefits
Elena works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on problem solving and emotional understanding. One common approach she uses centres on gradually changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours to lower anxiety and improve daily functioning. This helps people who feel stuck by giving clear steps to test between sessions.Another approach emphasises understanding and processing difficult emotions from grief, trauma or relationship difficulties. This method helps people make sense of strong feelings and reduce their impact on everyday life through paced conversations and reflective exercises.
Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Elena will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs during early sessions and then try methods that fit each person. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan if something does not feel right.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people read body language and have richer conversation. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging suit quick updates, notes between sessions or for people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Romanian
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