Counsellor profile
Elizabeth McKenzie, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - Relationships and codependency
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 409958
- Experience
- 3 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Client-centred approach
- Cognitive behavioural tools
- Trauma-informed work
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth McKenzie is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with three years' experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, addiction concerns, codependency and other life stresses. She also supports those dealing with grief, parenting strain, career issues and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar.
Elizabeth keeps sessions straightforward and person-focused. She listens for what feels most urgent and helps people name the patterns that leave them putting others first. She uses clear, practical conversation to explore how habits like people-pleasing, difficulty saying no, or feeling responsible for others develop and get maintained.
Her approach draws on client-centred ideas, cognitive behavioural techniques and trauma-focused methods. In practice this means working on thoughts and behaviours that keep someone stuck, alongside making space to understand past experiences that still affect day-to-day life. She offers problem-solving moments as well as deeper reflection when that feels helpful.
Elizabeth spent time working in the charity sector supporting people affected by domestic and sexual violence. That background shapes how she listens for experiences that go unspoken and helps people find ways to manage strong emotions and set personal boundaries.
Sessions aim to help people notice unhelpful patterns, try small changes and build clearer ways of relating. To start, she asks about what feels most difficult now and what a more manageable life might look like. This gives practical steps to work on between meetings.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Elizabeth blends client-centred work with cognitive behavioural and trauma-focused methods. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person, helping them feel understood and clearer about their priorities. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and offers practical techniques to test and change unhelpful habits. Trauma-focused work helps people process and manage strong emotional responses that link back to painful events. Finding the right combination of these approaches is part of the work. Elizabeth will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then together they will choose ways of working that match those needs. That means practical tools when someone wants quick changes, and more reflective work when deeper experiences need attention. Confirm the available session formats before booking as the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by avoiding travel or allowing a shorter check-in between commitments. They can also let a person choose whether to work with techniques that need more focused time or short, solution-focused conversations when that suits day-to-day demands. Registered or accredited professionals can help tailor session pacing and methods to the person's routine and goals.Areas of focus
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Does she help with people-pleasing and boundaries?
Yes. She helps people notice people-pleasing habits and works on setting clearer personal boundaries through conversation and practical exercises.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is person-focused and straightforward. She combines listening with practical strategies from cognitive behavioural and trauma-focused approaches.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years of experience working as a counsellor, including time in the charity sector supporting people affected by domestic and sexual violence.
Is she registered with any professional body in the UK?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I do to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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.