About Elaine
Elaine Macgregor is a counsellor and Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She works with adults and brings four years of experience to supporting people through anxiety, depression, grief and other life changes. Elaine speaks English and Portuguese and meets people online using a range of session formats.
Her style is warm and non-judgemental. She helps clients talk through painful experiences and notice patterns that keep problems repeating.
How Elaine works
Sessions aim to build self-awareness and give people practical ways to cope day to day. Elaine combines different approaches to suit each person. She draws on methods that focus on values, thought patterns and early relationship dynamics.
This flexible way of working helps when issues overlap, for example stress with sleep problems or relationship difficulties alongside low mood. Common concerns she supports include stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, addictions and compassion fatigue. She also works with eating and sleeping issues, parenting strains, career worries and anger.
Additional interests include attachment and abandonment issues, blended family challenges and communication problems. Elaine offers both short-term and longer-term work. As a practising counsellor she receives regular supervision and continues professional development.
Her approach is rooted in the BACP ethical framework and focuses on helping people discover more authentic, meaningful ways of living.
Elaine lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Elaine works with
The areas below are the ones Elaine selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English, Portuguese |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Elaine uses therapeutic approaches online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps that match those values. It is useful for stress, anxiety and when life feels stuck because it focuses on action rather than getting rid of every difficult thought. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and connections. It can help when intimacy, abandonment or commitment issues keep reappearing in relationships.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Elaine will talk with clients about goals and preferences and suggest methods that seem to fit. That choice is collaborative and can change as people discover what helps most during sessions.
Online therapy offers a lot of practical flexibility. Video calls make it possible to have face-to-face conversations without travelling. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier for a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter, more frequent contact or when typing feels more comfortable than speaking. These options help people fit therapy around work, caregiving or other commitments while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
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