About Elena
Elena Harvey-Kummer is a BACP counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low mood and life transitions. She offers practical support for grief, self-esteem, motivation and anger. Her style is straightforward and collaborative, aimed at helping people feel steadier day to day.
Elena believes clients are the experts in their own lives. She listens carefully and builds on the strengths a person already has. Sessions focus on clear tools and small steps that fit into everyday life rather than long lectures or jargon.
Background and approach
Her work draws on several approaches to match what each person needs. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used to spot and change thinking patterns that increase anxiety. Client-centred methods keep the conversation grounded in what matters most to the client.
She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at how past experiences can shape current feelings. Solution-focused and existential elements are added when people want to set goals or explore meaning and purpose. Elena has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration.
She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. People meet her online by video, phone, live chat or text-based messages to suit their schedules. If someone is unsure where to start, Elena helps create a clear plan.
She emphasises practical steps, regular check-ins and adjustments based on what is useful for the person.
How her approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the relationship between client and counsellor. It means conversations where the person leads and the counsellor listens and reflects. This approach helps when someone needs empathy, acceptance and a clearer sense of their own choices.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together. Online CBT includes practical exercises and experiments to try between sessions, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood by changing unhelpful thinking patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Elena discusses options and tailors the methods to each person's goals, needs and preferences. She treats the process as collaborative and adjusts plans based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good fit when someone needs a lower-bandwidth option or a quicker check-in. Live chat and messaging allow short, flexible exchanges and ongoing written reflection between appointments.
These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel. Registered professionals and therapists use these formats to provide consistent, goal-focused work without requiring travel to an office.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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