Elena Harvey-Kummer, BACP

Elena Harvey-Kummer welcomes people coping with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, anger, and big life changes. She also offers help around eating and body image issues, attachment and abandonment concerns, communication and control problems, and questions about life purpose and sexuality. Elena aims to make the first step feel manageable for anyone who is worried and unsure where to begin.

Elena holds BACP accreditation, which is shown as BACP, and brings three years of practice in the United Kingdom. She works in a warm, person-centred way that treats each person as the expert in their own life. Sessions focus on what matters to the individual and move at a pace that suits them.

Her style blends practical techniques with reflective conversation. Elena uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help spot and change unhelpful thought patterns, and psychodynamic ideas to look at how past experiences affect current behaviour. She also draws on existential themes to help people find meaning, and solution-focused ideas when people want concrete steps forward.

In a typical session she listens, asks questions that clarify what is getting in the way, and offers exercises or strategies you can try between meetings. She treats coaching goals alongside emotional work, so practical change and personal insight can happen together.

Elena works in English and accepts international clients. If the approach sounds right, she asks people to choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on availability.

Approaches that suit online counselling

Elena uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thought patterns and habits, which is useful for anxiety, low mood, and stress. She also draws on Person-Centred Therapy to build a collaborative relationship where the client's priorities guide the work, helping people feel heard and understood. Psychodynamic ideas are used too, to gently investigate how earlier experiences may influence current feelings and reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Elena will discuss goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaboration means the plan can shift as a person learns what helps most for their situation.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm which formats are currently offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also suit people who prefer to work from a familiar setting or who want to avoid commuting, while still using the same therapeutic approaches as in-person work.