About Elizabeth
Elizabeth "Liz" Pentz offers a person-centred counselling style that puts the client's experience first. She works to create calm and steady sessions where people can talk through what matters to them. Liz uses practical mindfulness and trauma-focused tools when they fit the person’s needs.
With four years of experience, Liz has supported people facing anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. She also helps those dealing with grief, trauma, abuse, and intimacy-related concerns.
How Elizabeth works
People come to her with stress, sleeping problems, addictions, career strain, compassion fatigue, and parenting pressures. She understands how loss can be complicated and show up in many ways. She has worked in bereavement support and helped people process difficult or conflicting feelings.
Her background includes supporting people who have experienced sexual and domestic abuse. Liz follows the person-centred approach of Carl Rogers, offering empathy and a non-judgemental presence. Sessions are usually 45 minutes and can take place over several weeks or as the person prefers.
She aims to help people build their own inner resources rather than hand out solutions. Mindfulness and relaxation exercises are available when useful, offering simple techniques to manage stress and stay grounded. Liz is a BACP member, which is recorded as BACP.
Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging for practicality and convenience. People who want to begin are invited to use the site Start Therapy process to match and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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What Elizabeth works with
The areas below are the ones Elizabeth selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How person-centred and mindfulness approaches work online
Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and supporting the person so they can explore feelings at their own pace. It helps with low self-esteem, relationship concerns, life changes and emotional difficulty by building the person's own resources and confidence.Mindfulness therapy offers simple breathing, grounding and relaxation practices that reduce stress and improve sleep and focus. Trauma-focused therapy is used when past events continue to cause distress; it helps people process painful memories and develop safer coping strategies.
Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels comfortable, and then adapt the style and tools as therapy progresses. This means plans can change if one method does not suit the person.
Online sessions provide flexibility and a range of practical formats. Video calls let the therapist and person see each other for a face-to-face feel. Phone sessions work well when less bandwidth or no camera is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, brief reflections or people who prefer writing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities and daily life.
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