About Elsa
Elsa Da Cruz is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who supports people dealing with stress, anxiety and relationship difficulties. She works with issues such as low self-esteem, depression, grief, anger and ADHD. She also provides coaching on life changes and explores concerns linked to attachment and abandonment.
Elsa uses a people-focused approach in sessions. She centres the conversation on each person's experience and listens without judgement. Her manner is warm and empathetic, aiming to help clients feel understood and more able to take next steps.
Background and approach
In practical terms she draws on client-centred methods alongside cognitive behavioural ideas and mindfulness practices. That means sessions may include looking at unhelpful thinking patterns, experimenting with small changes, and trying simple grounding or breathing exercises. She can also use emotionally focused ideas to help clarify and soothe strong feelings.
Elsa has eight years of experience and holds BACP accreditation, which is listed as BACP. She describes working with a wide range of personal and relationship difficulties, including family of origin issues, divorce and separation, codependency and body image concerns. Sessions are offered in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Elsa accepts international clients and offers several online formats, so people can arrange appointments that suit their schedule and way of communicating.
How Elsa blends proven approaches for online care
Elsa commonly uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and client-centred work as core parts of her practice. CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect, and uses simple exercises to test new ways of thinking and behaving. Client-centred work focuses on creating a listening space where the person feels heard and can make their own choices about change.She may also draw on emotionally focused ideas when strong feelings are central to a problem. Emotionally focused approaches help name and soothe intense reactions and can be useful for grief, attachment wounds and relationship pain. Elsa will discuss different ways of working and help the person decide which fits their goals and preferences in a collaborative way.
Online therapy with her is available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. Video suits fuller conversations and eye contact. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Chat and messaging are useful for frequent check-ins, brief reflections and people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and different time zones while keeping the focus on practical, achievable steps.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
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