About Eleni
Eleni Chimarrides is a BACP counsellor who combines psychological training with six years of practical experience. She trained in psychology at the University of Derby and draws on that background when helping people manage anxiety and stress. Her manner is warm and interactive and she aims to make sessions straightforward and reassuring for worried parents.
Her approach is person-centred, which means she puts the client's perspective at the heart of the work.
Background and approach
Sessions look at emotional, social and practical needs together rather than focusing on a single symptom. She also uses trauma-focused ideas when past events continue to cause distress. Eleni brings mindfulness tools into sessions to help people notice unhelpful patterns and build calmer responses.
She also uses somatic techniques that focus on body sensations when emotions are held physically. These methods are taught in simple, step-by-step ways that can be practised between meetings. Common concerns she supports include anxiety, depression, grief, low self-esteem, anger and workplace stress.
She also helps people with relationship strain, communication problems and coping with major life changes. Eleni works with people experiencing compassion fatigue, prejudice-related distress and other stress-linked difficulties. Her style is respectful and sensitive, aiming to help people feel understood and more able to make choices.
The work is collaborative: clients set the goals and Eleni offers tools and reflections to help reach them.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centred work focuses on the person's experience and priorities. In practice this means the counsellor listens closely, reflects what is said and helps people set their own goals. It is useful for anxiety, self-esteem and life changes.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention practices and breathing or grounding exercises to reduce reactivity. These techniques help with stress, worry and some trauma symptoms by training more measured responses to difficult thoughts and sensations.
Somatic therapy pays attention to how emotions show up in the body and uses gentle practices to notice and shift those sensations. This can help when anxiety or trauma feels stuck in physical tension or panic responses.
Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the work and will be decided together. The therapist will listen to your needs and preferences, try suitable methods, and adapt as things change in therapy.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is a good option for face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat works well for shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These choices make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep contact between sessions when helpful.
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- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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