- Thoughts and everyday habits
- Relationship support
- Practical steps
About Elena
Elena Simona Lazar is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with six years of experience. She holds BACP registration and brings a background in nursing to her counselling work. Elena focuses on helping people with everyday thoughts and habits as well as relationship and family concerns.
She aims to create an open, non-judgemental space where clients can talk about difficult feelings. Sessions often focus on making sense of recurring patterns, improving self-esteem, and managing stress and anxiety. Elena uses a blend of approaches and adapts techniques to each person's needs.
Her clinical background includes work with relationship problems, intimacy-related issues, addictions, grief and anger. She also supports people facing career challenges, health-related stress, and coping with life changes. Practical steps and clearer thinking are common goals in her sessions.
Elena draws on her nursing experience to listen for how physical and emotional concerns connect. She works collaboratively, helping people identify unhelpful habits and try small changes that fit day-to-day life. The aim is to build confidence and a stronger sense of self over time.
People who come to Elena can expect gentle exploration of painful emotions and direct work on communication and boundaries. Sessions include techniques to improve relationships and self-care, and an emphasis on understanding what keeps problems repeating. She encourages clients to take steady steps toward clearer thinking and more manageable routines.
She aims to create an open, non-judgemental space where clients can talk about difficult feelings. Sessions often focus on making sense of recurring patterns, improving self-esteem, and managing stress and anxiety. Elena uses a blend of approaches and adapts techniques to each person's needs.
Her clinical background includes work with relationship problems, intimacy-related issues, addictions, grief and anger. She also supports people facing career challenges, health-related stress, and coping with life changes. Practical steps and clearer thinking are common goals in her sessions.
Elena draws on her nursing experience to listen for how physical and emotional concerns connect. She works collaboratively, helping people identify unhelpful habits and try small changes that fit day-to-day life. The aim is to build confidence and a stronger sense of self over time.
People who come to Elena can expect gentle exploration of painful emotions and direct work on communication and boundaries. Sessions include techniques to improve relationships and self-care, and an emphasis on understanding what keeps problems repeating. She encourages clients to take steady steps toward clearer thinking and more manageable routines.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirthSelf-loveSexual dysfunctionSocial anxiety and phobiaWorkplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
Client-Centered TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy
Experience
6+ years
Credentials
BACP · United Kingdom
Languages
English, Romanian
How her approaches guide online work
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and acceptance. The counsellor follows the person's pace and helps them find their own answers, which can help with stress, low self-esteem and relationship worries.Internal Family Systems views difficult feelings as parts of a person that need understanding rather than blame. It can be useful for trauma, attachment issues and patterns that repeat in relationships.
Systemic Therapy looks at how relationships and family patterns affect problems and helps people spot interactions to change. This approach is often applied to communication problems, blended family issues and repeated conflict.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together they will decide which methods to try. This collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what feels most helpful for the client.
Confirm the exact online session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the profile. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so therapy fits around work and family commitments. Registered and accredited professionals can adapt techniques so remote sessions remain practical and focused on day-to-day changes.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, addictions, anger, self-esteem, eating and intimacy-related concerns, among others listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and client-centred, creating an open, non-judgemental space and using techniques adjusted to each person's needs.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has six years of counselling experience and more than a decade of prior nursing work, which informs how she links physical and emotional issues.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with BACP.
Which languages can sessions be held in?
Sessions are offered in English and Romanian.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are costs and payment handled?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.