About Liz
Liz Elshaw is a UK-based counsellor with six years of clinical experience. She supports people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, addiction and the practical strains of parenting. She aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and straightforward.
Her approach is warm and conversational. She builds a calm space where clients can say what they think and feel without fear of judgement. Conversations focus on what matters to the client and on small, doable steps forward.
Background and approach
Liz works from a mix of evidence-informed approaches, including cognitive behavioural techniques and acceptance and commitment ideas. She uses client-centred listening to understand each person’s priorities and attachment-based thinking when relationship patterns are relevant. Sessions tend to be practical and paced to each person’s needs.
Some work looks at thoughts and behaviours, and some focuses on values and coping strategies. She also has experience supporting people who have autism and attention-deficit hyperactivity traits. Liz holds BACP accreditation, which reflects professional standards in the UK.
She offers video, phone, chat and messaging formats so people can choose the way that fits their life. Taking the first step is often the hardest part, and she provides steady support once that step is taken.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. Online work using ACT often focuses on small exercises and mindfulness-style practices to reduce worry and increase meaningful activity.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy targets the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. In remote sessions CBT can include practical homework, thought records and behavioural experiments that fit into everyday life and build coping skills.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will talk with each client about goals and preferences and will try different techniques to see what helps most. That collaborative decision-making means the plan can change as needs evolve.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and deeper work. Phone sessions suit people who need lower bandwidth or prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging can be used for brief check-ins, reflection between sessions or when scheduling makes shorter contact more practical. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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