About Elia
Elia Duncan offers straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or big life changes. He greets worried parents and other adults with calm, practical guidance. Sessions aim to make day-to-day life more manageable and to rebuild confidence and direction.
Elia has eight years of experience as a psychotherapist working in the United Kingdom and internationally. He holds BACP accreditation, which is recorded as BACP. His background includes counselling within education and independent practice, and he has helped people facing grief, relationship difficulties, identity concerns and ADHD-related challenges.
How Elia works
In sessions he focuses on helping people identify personal values and establish clearer boundaries. He uses conversations to uncover patterns that cause distress and then works with clients to try different ways of responding. Practical tools and short-term strategies are blended with deeper discussion when that feels helpful.
Elia also supports people coping with career stress, parenting pressures, caregiver strain and feelings of isolation. He pays attention to issues such as abandonment, commitment problems, communication breakdowns and the effects of discrimination or immigration stress. The work often aims to restore a sense of stability during major life events.
People can expect a warm, respectful approach that balances listening with actionable steps. Elia invites questions at any point and focuses on tailoring the process to each person’s goals and circumstances.
Elia lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Elia works with
The areas below are the ones Elia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Elia commonly uses Client-Centred Therapy to place the person and their goals at the heart of sessions. This approach means the counsellor listens carefully and reflects what matters to the client, helping them find their own answers and build self-understanding. He also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT, which looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact. CBT often involves practical exercises and small experiments to reduce anxiety, manage low mood, and change unhelpful patterns. Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Elia will discuss options with each person and together decide what feels most useful based on needs, goals and preferences. This collaborative planning can shift over time as priorities change. Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people keep face-to-face connection without travel, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be good for shorter check-ins, and live chat or text-based messaging suit quick updates or when typing feels easier. These formats aim to offer flexibility and consistent support across different circumstances.Start online instead of waiting
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