About Elly
Elly Oka helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship strain. She also supports those dealing with self-esteem, addiction, trauma and abuse, sleep or eating difficulties, parenting pressures, workplace challenges and ADHD. Elly’s style is down-to-earth and respectful.
She approaches each person as the expert on their own life. Elly uses practical conversations to identify what feels most urgent. She listens for strengths and small steps that can make daily life easier.
How Elly works
Sessions often focus on manageable strategies rather than long lectures. The aim is clearer coping and more steady progress. Her methods draw on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and client-centred ways of working.
She also offers attachment-based ideas and skills from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy when helpful. Elly chooses tools that fit the person rather than following a single template. Elly is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
She has five years of professional practice in the United Kingdom. Conversations happen in plain English and are suited to people from different backgrounds, including those living outside the UK. Practical arrangements include video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.
Elly lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Elly works with
The areas below are the ones Elly 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
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches suited to online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and move toward a values-based life. It is useful for anxiety, stress and navigating big life changes by focusing on what matters most rather than trying to eliminate all difficult feelings.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. It can help with depression, anxiety, sleep and eating difficulties by introducing small, testable changes.
Elly takes a collaborative approach to choosing methods. She will work with clients to find the best fit based on their goals, preferences and what feels manageable. Changing approach is normal if something isn’t helping and that choice is made together.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session is needed, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, journalling between sessions or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, caregiving or travel, and to try different formats to see what feels most helpful.
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