About Liz
Liz Elshaw helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression and parenting strain. She supports those dealing with ADHD, addictions, relationship and family concerns, and difficulties such as low self-esteem or coping with life changes. Liz presents as calm and approachable, ready to listen without judgement.
She trained and practised in the United Kingdom and has six years of therapeutic experience. Her work has included supporting people who have autism and ADHD, and she draws on a range of talking methods to match each persons needs.
How Liz works
Sessions aim to be practical and straightforward, with space to talk through feelings and everyday problems. Liz uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy and attachment-based and client-centred approaches. That mix means she can focus on how people relate to their thoughts, how patterns began, and what small changes might help day to day.
Hypnotherapy is also listed among the tools she may introduce when appropriate. Her style is collaborative and gently directional. Conversations look at values, coping strategies and workable steps rather than long lectures.
Liz encourages realistic goals and experiments people can try between sessions. People can expect clear, simple explanations and a steady pace. The aim is to make therapy useful for everyday life and to help build confidence managing stressors and relationships.
Liz lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Liz works with
The areas below are the ones Liz selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How her approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them, and then commit to actions that match their values. ACT is useful for anxiety, low mood and when people want clearer direction in life. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and offers hands-on techniques to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, depression and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how relationships shape current difficulties and can help people understand patterns in close relationships and build different ways of relating. Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk through options and tailor methods to the persons problems and goals. Decisions are made together, so clients can try a method and adjust if it does not feel helpful. Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls let conversations feel most like in-person meetings. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat or messaging can be used for shorter check-ins or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity between appointments.Start online instead of waiting
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