Elaine Bennett, BACP

Elaine Bennett is a counsellor with four years' experience helping people who feel overwhelmed, disconnected or stuck. She works with individuals facing relationship pain, grief, stress and anxiety. Elaine aims to create a calm space where someone can be heard and start to make small changes that matter.

She keeps sessions simple and focused. Clients can expect to talk about what matters most to them and to make practical steps forward. Elaine uses a client-centred stance to follow each person's concerns and a solution-focused style to identify achievable goals and actions.

Common themes she works with include coping with life changes, career questions, parenting pressures and relationship struggles. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, depression, low self-esteem and compassion fatigue. Additional areas of focus include attachment and abandonment issues, blended family challenges, chronic illness and caregiver stress.

Sessions aim to help people make sense of their experiences and choose different ways of responding. Elaine encourages self-compassion and clear communication so clients can build more stable daily routines and better boundaries. Conversations are practical and paced to each person's needs.

Her practice is based in the United Kingdom and sessions are offered in English. Elaine responds to messages during working weekdays and will reply to other messages as soon as she can.

How Elaine Uses Client-Centred and Solution-Focused Work Online

Elaine draws on client-centred therapy to place the person's experience at the centre of each session. That means she listens closely, mirrors what she hears and follows the pace the client sets so they can feel understood and make sense of their feelings. Solution-focused therapy complements this by highlighting strengths and setting small, practical goals to create change in everyday life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Elaine will talk with each person about their needs and preferences and together they will choose techniques that suit the issue and the person's rhythm. This collaborative planning helps make sessions feel purposeful and directly relevant to the goals someone brings.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual connection, phone sessions can fit shorter check-ins or low-bandwidth situations, and chat or messaging can suit brief reflections or people who prefer written exchanges. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and health needs while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.