Eleni Ourani, BACP

Eleni Ourani is a BACP-registered counsellor with nine years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She supports people who are facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression, and she also helps those dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns, career questions, and life changes.

She works in a flexible, person-focused way and tailors sessions to each individual's needs. Eleni blends different therapeutic ideas so each person gets an approach that fits them. This might mean looking at how past experiences shape current feelings or learning practical skills to manage anxious thoughts.

Sessions aim to help people change how they relate to painful thoughts and emotions, and to build habits that matter to them. Eleni uses techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy alongside attachment-based and mindfulness perspectives. Conversations also include work on self-compassion and emotional understanding.

People bring a wide range of concerns, including panic attacks, phobias, body image and sexual difficulties, anger, grief from separation, or struggles with purpose and loneliness. She also helps those coping with compassion fatigue, ADHD-related challenges, and issues around abandonment or attachment.

Eleni offers a calm, respectful space where people can talk without pressure. She explains ideas in plain language and helps set practical steps between sessions. The aim is to make therapy understandable and useful for everyday life.

Approaches you can try online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice their values and take small actions that matter to them. It is useful for anxiety, low motivation and coping with life changes by shifting how people relate to difficult thoughts rather than trying to eliminate them.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and test different ways of responding. It is often used for anxiety, panic attacks, phobias and low mood through practical exercises and homework between sessions.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people develop healthier ways of connecting and managing closeness or fear of abandonment.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Eleni will discuss options with each person and tailor methods to fit their goals, preferences and day-to-day life. The choice is collaborative and may shift as therapy progresses.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation; phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, shorter sessions or people who prefer not to be on camera. These formats make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.