- Years in practice
- 5
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
About Elly
Elly Oka is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and grief. She also supports those dealing with trauma, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting pressures and life changes. Elly works with people struggling with sleep and eating difficulties, anger, career uncertainty and burnout.
She draws on five years of professional experience and holds BACP registration, which she uses to guide her practice. Elly takes a straightforward, collaborative approach in sessions.
Background and approach
She treats each person as the expert in their own life and looks for strengths to build on. Conversations are practical and focused on skills you can use between meetings. She aims to make the process feel manageable and realistic for busy lives.
Her work uses a mix of evidence-informed methods. She often blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with cognitive and behavioural techniques, and adds attachment-focused ideas when early relationships shape current patterns. Dialectical skills and solution-focused thinking are used when people need emotion regulation or quick, practical change.
Elly has supported clients with specific concerns such as ADHD, bereavement, adoption and foster care questions, chronic illness and caregiving stress. She also helps people navigate commitment and communication problems, blended family dynamics and coping after disasters. The focus is on clear goals and small, steady steps.
Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged online for international clients. The aim is to help people find clearer thinking, better coping strategies and a firmer sense of direction.
What Elly works with
Everything Elly lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Elly helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Elly lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Elly’s approaches translate to online therapy
Elly commonly combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas in her online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then take actions that reflect their values. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current ways of relating and helps people try new, healthier responses. Finding the right approach is part of the process. Elly discusses clients' goals and preferences and adapts methods together with them. She checks in about what helps and what doesn't, so sessions stay practical and personalised. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, which give flexibility for different situations. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a short check-in fits a work break. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing, need quick reflections between meetings, or want ongoing brief support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and keep momentum between sessions.Questions people ask about Elly
What concerns does Elly support?
Elly helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and trauma. She also supports parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, sleep and eating difficulties.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She treats the client as the expert and focuses on small, usable skills between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Elly has five years of professional experience working with a broad range of concerns including career issues, self-esteem and bereavement.
What credentials and location apply?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and practices from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Elly offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are arranged via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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