Eleni Ourani, BACP

Eleni Ourani is a UK-licensed psychotherapist with nine years of professional experience helping people navigate emotional and life challenges. She works with a broad range of concerns including depression, difficulties with motivation, anxiety, low self-esteem, procrastination, relationship problems, stress, sadness, and life transitions. Eleni practices as an integrative therapist and adapts her methods to fit each person's unique needs and preferences, drawing on a blend of approaches rather than a single model.

Her work emphasizes changing how clients relate to and respond to thoughts and feelings as they arise, with the aim of reducing unnecessary suffering and increasing psychological flexibility. She draws on psychodynamic ideas to explore how past experiences shape current patterns, cognitive behavioural techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and strengthen the relationship with the self, and Compassion Focused Therapy to cultivate greater self-understanding and kindness.

Eleni offers a therapeutic space intended to be experienced as comforting and supportive, a place to share life events without fear of judgement. She welcomes clients with respect and compassion and acknowledges that taking the first step to begin therapy often requires courage. She values each person who begins that process and supports them through the early steps of change.