Counsellor profile
Elizabeth Gichuki, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - relationships and trauma
Continue with ElizabethWhere Elizabeth stands
- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 394377
- Experience
- 6 years
- Languages
- English, Swahili
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Codependency
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Gichuki is a BACP counsellor with six years' experience working with adults and young people in the United Kingdom. She supports people coping with anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, grief, anger and low self-esteem. She also works with people facing ADHD, bereavement and the effects of abuse.
Elizabeth uses an integrative relational approach that draws on person-centred and psychodynamic ideas. That means conversations can look at current struggles and also early experiences that still affect how someone relates now. She offers practical ways to understand patterns that keep someone stuck, including people-pleasing, trouble saying no, and difficulty setting boundaries.
In sessions she listens for how past attachments shape present relationships. This can include looking at abandonment, attachment wounds, intimate relationship patterns, and codependency. She also works with issues around identity, sexuality and kink when they are part of what a person brings.
Therapy can include storytelling and reflection about personal values and choices, and direct work on feeling regulation and self-worth. Elizabeth aims to help people build clearer self-understanding and better ways of relating to others. She explains options and uses approaches that fit each person’s needs.
She works in English and Swahili and takes referrals from people in the UK and internationally. To begin, people complete a short questionnaire and schedule a first session so practical arrangements can be agreed.
How sessions work
How her approaches work in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps towards those values. It is useful for anxiety, avoidance and getting stuck in unhelpful patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of connecting and reacting. It is often helpful for people who struggle with trust, abandonment fears or repeating painful relationship patterns. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what someone says so they can find their own pace and solutions. It supports rebuilding self-esteem and clearer decision making.Finding the best approach is collaborative. Elizabeth will talk with a client about their goals, what has helped before, and how they prefer to work. Together they choose methods and adjust them as things change so sessions stay relevant to everyday problems like people-pleasing or boundary-setting.
The original biography states she has provided online sessions, but it does not list which formats are currently offered. Confirm the format options before booking so arrangements suit practical needs. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. The therapist and client will agree on times and a way of meeting that fits the client's schedule and comfort.
Areas of focus
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Primary focus
Also works with
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Swahili
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, grief, anger and low self-esteem. Additional areas include ADHD, abuse recovery and codependency related patterns.
What is her therapeutic style?
She is an integrative relational counsellor who draws on person-centred and psychodynamic ideas. That means sessions can focus on current problems and on how early experiences affect present relationships.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years' experience working with adults and young people in clinical settings. During that time she has supported people with bereavement, trauma and relationship difficulties.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works from the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I am not in the UK?
Sessions are offered to international clients as well as people in the UK. She speaks English and Swahili.
Which session formats are available?
The original biography mentions both face-to-face and online work. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. Exact rates depend on where the client is based.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to arrange practical details.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.