Elizabeth Duffy, NCPS

Elizabeth Duffy offers straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or life changes. She makes space for honest talk and helps people work through concerns like addiction, trauma and anger in a calm, steady way. Her style suits someone who wants practical help alongside emotional understanding.

With 17 years of experience, Elizabeth brings a variety of approaches to sessions. She draws on client-centred methods to follow what each person finds important and uses cognitive behavioural techniques to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Mindfulness strategies are used to build day-to-day coping skills.

Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps. Elizabeth helps people break down worries into manageable parts and practices new ways of responding. She also offers support around relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting stress and work-related strain.

Her background includes work with people facing ADHD, autism and Asperger syndrome, obsessional problems and mood conditions such as bipolar. She also has experience with first responder issues, compassion fatigue, HIV/AIDS and difficulties linked to trauma and abuse.

People can expect a respectful, non-judgemental approach and practical tools they can try between sessions. Elizabeth is registered with NCPS, works from the United Kingdom and carries out therapy in English. To begin, clients follow a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Elizabeth combines client-centred work with cognitive behavioural therapy to help people change patterns that cause distress. Client-centred therapy means the counsellor listens closely and follows the person’s priorities, helping them name feelings and decide next steps. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviours to reduce anxiety, low mood and unhelpful routines.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Elizabeth will work with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process - plans are adapted if something isn’t working or a different focus is needed.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, written reflection or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.