Eirini Anane-Crane, BACP

Eirini Anane-Crane uses a client-centred way of working. She focuses on helping people feel heard and understood before suggesting practical steps. She combines this with cognitive behavioural strategies and mindfulness tools to help manage stress, anxiety and emotional overwhelm.

She has ten years of experience in counselling and psychotherapy and holds an MA in counselling and psychotherapy. That background includes face-to-face and helpline or online counselling, plus roles in clinical leadership and training. She also offers supervision and development coaching for volunteers and teaches in counselling and psychology.

In sessions she aims to keep the relationship central. Conversations are paced to each person's needs and include practical techniques to manage unhelpful thoughts and difficult feelings. Mindfulness exercises are used when clients want tools to calm the body and focus attention.

Her work covers a wide range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, grief, addictions and relationship or intimacy-related issues. She also supports people facing life changes, career questions, parenting strain and multicultural concerns.

Additional focuses include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, isolation and life purpose. She works with men on fatherhood and related issues and addresses compassion fatigue and burnout.

Sessions are offered in English and Greek and she accepts international clients. People interested in starting simply complete the site's short matching questionnaire and schedule a first appointment once matched.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy here means the counsellor listens without judgement and follows the client's lead. This helps people who need emotional support, clarity and a steady listening presence.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavioural experiments. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and managing stress with concrete strategies.

Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce reactivity and increase focus. These practices can help with sleep, panic and feeling overwhelmed.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will collaborate with each person to decide whether client-centred listening, CBT techniques or mindfulness suits their goals and preferences. Decisions are reviewed as progress is made so the plan can change if needed.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video mimics a face-to-face session and is helpful for longer appointments. Phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited or for those who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins, reflections between sessions or when scheduling constraints make short contacts more practical.