- Years in practice
- 4
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Kew is a BACP counsellor who works with adults across the United Kingdom. She trained in counselling and holds a Bachelor of Science in Counselling from the University of East London. Her practice includes online, phone and face-to-face sessions.
Elizabeth aims to help people make sense of difficult feelings and find more useful ways to cope. Elizabeth’s route into counselling began with her own search for meaning and self-discovery.
Background and approach
Early roles included work at Islington Mind, supporting people with complex mental health needs, and a post at St Mary’s Hospital offering therapy for NHS sexual health staff. She also volunteered at The Listening Place, providing one-to-one emotional support. Her approach is integrative and person-centred.
She blends psychodynamic ideas about patterns and history with existential questions about purpose, and also uses mindfulness and cognitive techniques when they fit. Sessions move at a pace chosen by the client and focus on what the client brings to the room. Elizabeth has a background in yoga and an interest in somatics, so she often links body awareness with emotional work.
She regularly supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression and parenting concerns. She also works with issues such as addiction, relationship and intimacy-related difficulties, self-esteem and career worries. Elizabeth works with LGBT concerns and a range of attachment and neurodiversity topics, including autism and attention differences.
Her style is collaborative and exploratory; she helps people spot patterns and build practical tools to manage everyday life.
What Elizabeth works with
Everything Elizabeth lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Elizabeth helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Elizabeth lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Approaches that suit online counselling
Elizabeth commonly draws on Client-Centred Therapy to put the person’s experience first, offering a respectful, non-judgemental space to talk and be heard. This approach helps when someone needs a clear, accepting place to sort through feelings and make decisions.She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical tools for managing anxiety, low mood and stressful situations. CBT tends to be goal-focused and can be useful for short-term problem solving and skill building.
Finding the right approach is often a shared process. Elizabeth works with each person to understand goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. She adapts techniques over time so sessions stay relevant and comfortable for the individual.
Online sessions via video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is low, and text or chat works well for brief check-ins or when people prefer written reflection. These options give flexibility for different rhythms, schedules and practical needs.
Questions people ask about Elizabeth
What concerns does Elizabeth commonly help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression and parenting challenges, along with relationship and intimacy-related issues and addiction concerns.
How would sessions with her feel?
Elizabeth uses a person-centred, collaborative style. She listens, helps spot patterns and works at a pace that suits each person.
What is her professional background?
She holds a BSc in Counselling and has around four years of clinical experience including roles at Islington Mind and St Mary’s Hospital, plus volunteer work at The Listening Place.
Where is she based and how is she registered?
Elizabeth practises across the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients for online work.
What formats are available for sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Elizabeth?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing the short matching questionnaire and then scheduling a session according to therapist availability.
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