Elizabeth Gichuki, BACP

Elizabeth Gichuki is a BACP counsellor who offers relational and integrative therapy. She works with adults and young people on issues such as anxiety, depression, relationship worries, grief and low self-esteem. Elizabeth speaks English and Swahili and sees international clients from the United Kingdom.

She brings six years of clinical experience to sessions and draws on a mix of client-centred, psychodynamic and other approaches. That means conversations can look different depending on what helps most - talking through present struggles, looking at early experiences, or using creative ways to make sense of feelings.

People come with many kinds of problems. Typical topics include trauma and abuse, anger, ADHD, intimacy-related concerns, sleep problems and career stress. Elizabeth also supports people coping with compassion fatigue, caregiving strain, body image, commitment worries and complex grief.

In therapy she aims to help people understand what keeps them stuck and to build practical ways to move forward. Sessions focus on clear, manageable steps alongside exploring personal history when that feels relevant. The pace is set by each person’s needs.

Her practice seeks to restore a sense of control and self-understanding. She uses relational work to explore how past relationships shape present life. Clients are helped to find new ways of relating to themselves and others.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful when anxiety, depression or life transitions make it hard to move forward. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people understand and change how they relate to others and to themselves.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, needs and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaborative planning means therapy can change over time as the person’s priorities shift.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, whether for shorter check-ins or longer conversations. Because the exact session formats are not listed in the biography, confirm current options before booking. The focus online is the same as in person - building understanding, trying manageable changes and checking progress in ways that suit daily routines.