Elizabeth Housden, BACP

Elizabeth Housden is a BACP-registered counsellor with 12 years of counselling experience and an extensive background in the mental health sector. She offers a warm, compassionate, and non-judgmental space where clients can feel heard and supported as they explore personal challenges. BACP stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - a professional registration for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom.

Her core training is integrative, which means she combines a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to suit each person’s needs and pace. Elizabeth has worked with both adults and young people on a variety of concerns, including anxiety, addiction, stress, anger, trauma and abuse, depression, bereavement and grief, self-harm, and low self-esteem. Her professional background includes roles in schools, specialist services, and community settings, and she also works with clients through online and remote appointments.

Alongside formal training, Elizabeth draws on personal lived experience of overcoming challenges, which she says helps her connect with clients with empathy and authenticity. She focuses on helping people gain clarity, build coping skills, and find new ways to move forward. When someone feels overwhelmed or stuck, Elizabeth aims to walk alongside them as they explore options and work toward greater resilience and understanding.

Integrative techniques and flexible online support

Elizabeth uses an integrative approach that blends different evidence-based therapeutic techniques to match each client’s needs. Integrative therapy involves selecting methods from established practices to address emotional difficulties, build coping skills, and help people work through patterns that maintain distress. It is well suited to issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship difficulties.

Alongside integrative work, Elizabeth employs focused evidence-based techniques to help with trauma-related symptoms and addiction-related concerns. These approaches emphasize practical strategies, gradual processing, and strengthening emotional regulation so clients can manage intense feelings and move toward recovery.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Elizabeth will work with each client to understand their goals, preferences, and circumstances, adapting methods over time to ensure the best fit. She guides clients in choosing techniques that feel useful and achievable.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to access support from different locations and schedules. These formats offer flexibility for busy lives, allow work with international clients, and let registered professionals provide consistent, ongoing care tailored to each client’s situation.