Elizabeth Gichuki

• Relationship difficulties
• Trauma and bereavement
• ACT and attachment

About Elizabeth

Elizabeth Gichuki helps people work through relationship issues, trauma, grief, anxiety and life changes using relational and integrative approaches. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has six years' experience in counselling.

She offers talking therapy that combines person-centred listening with psychodynamic ideas. In practice this means she listens to current difficulties and also pays attention to early life experiences that can shape patterns of feeling and relating.

Her work often addresses anxiety, depression, anger, low self-esteem and ADHD-related struggles. She has experience supporting people after bereavement and those who have survived physical, sexual or emotional abuse. She also works with intimacy-related issues and matters connected to sexual expression, including BDSM and kink culture.

She supports people facing family and relationship strain, blended family concerns, communication problems and issues around commitment or control. She also helps with career stress, caregiver strain, body image and coping with health challenges such as cancer.

Elizabeth uses tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based thinking, narrative approaches and existential reflection when these fit a person's needs. Sessions aim to build understanding of feelings and patterns, and to find practical ways to manage distress and move forward.

Sessions are offered in English and Swahili and she sees clients in the United Kingdom as well as international clients. The counselling subscription used for sessions can be cancelled at any time.

How her approaches work in online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, and on choosing actions that reflect personal values; it can help with anxiety, low mood and getting unstuck. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape present patterns of closeness and trust, and it can be useful for relationship and intimacy difficulties. Client-centred therapy emphasises being heard and understood, giving space for someone to make sense of their experience and decide on next steps.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The counsellor will discuss how these methods might suit a person's goals and preferences and will adjust the way sessions run as they learn what helps most. This means the focus can shift from exploring past experiences to working on present-day coping or values-based action as needed.

Confirm the session formats before booking to check what is currently offered. Online counselling can help fit sessions into busy lives by reducing travel and allowing meetings across time zones, and it can make it easier to schedule shorter check-ins or sessions outside normal working hours. Registered or accredited professionals can work with you to plan sessions that fit your routine and needs.

Topics Elizabeth lists

• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Anger management
• Stress and anxiety
• LGBT
• Intimacy-related issues
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Self-esteem
• Career difficulties
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Antisocial personality
• Attachment issues
• Avoidant personality
• BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Dependent personality
• Dissociation
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• First responder issues
• Forgiveness
• Gender dysphoria
• Guilt and shame
• HIV and AIDS
• Hoarding
• Hospice and end-of-life counselling
• Immigration issues
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Money and financial issues
• Multicultural concerns
• Narcissism
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Paranoia
• Personality disorders
• Polyamory and non-monogamous relationships
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexuality
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Existential Therapy
• Narrative Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Elizabeth

Does she work with anxiety or depression?

Yes. She works with anxiety, depression and related concerns such as low self-esteem and stress.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She offers relational and integrative counselling that draws on person-centred, psychodynamic and other approaches such as ACT and narrative therapy.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has six years' experience working with young people and adults in face-to-face and online settings.

Is she a registered counsellor in the UK?

She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Can I have sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English and Swahili.

Does she work with international clients?

Yes. She accepts international clients as well as those in the United Kingdom.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start counselling with her?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.