Elena Kormalou, BACP

Elena Kormalou is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with 18 years of experience. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, known as BACP. She offers straightforward support for common and complex difficulties. Elena helps people cope with stress and anxiety, and she works with depression and addiction concerns. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse and those who find concentrating or remembering difficult. Her practice includes attention to ADHD and related focus issues. She aims to create an open and non-judgemental space. Conversations are practical and grounded. Clients are invited to talk about thoughts and feelings at their own pace. Elena draws on several approaches to suit different needs. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and mindfulness methods are blended with motivational interviewing and psychodynamic ideas. Sessions focus on skills people can use between meetings as well as understanding patterns that keep problems going. Her work also attends to specific life stresses such as caregiving strain, chronic pain or illness, eating and food-related difficulties, family of origin issues, and feelings of isolation. She is experienced with multicultural concerns and supporting people facing guilt, shame or questions of life purpose. People can expect a practical, compassionate style that balances problem-solving with understanding. Elena encourages small steps and clear goals, and she meets clients where they are in the process.

How Elena’s Approaches Translate Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then focus on values and small actions that matter. This approach can help with anxiety, low mood, and life direction issues.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress and some attention difficulties.

Mindfulness therapy builds simple attention and awareness skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus. It can support stress reduction, help with concentration and complement other methods Elena uses.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Elena will discuss options and adapt methods to fit the client’s goals, preferences and life circumstances. That choice happens together so people feel involved in planning their care.

Online sessions can be delivered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can offer a shorter check-in, and text messaging lets people reflect in writing. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, caregiving or mobility limits.