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Elizabeth Cooper

Elizabeth Cooper

BACP United Kingdom

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Warm relational counsellor helping with life transitions

  • Relationship focus
  • Trauma informed
  • Grief and loss

About Elizabeth

Elizabeth Cooper offers a calm, person-focused space for people feeling stuck by relationship pain, grief, anxiety or stress. She aims to build a trusting and authentic connection so clients feel understood and can work steadily towards clearer goals. Her style is warm and straightforward, with practical discussion and reflection at the heart of each session.

Elizabeth uses a relational approach that looks at how early attachments shape current patterns. She helps people see how habits of thinking and reacting were learned, and which of those patterns still serve them. This often leads to clearer choices and more satisfying ways of relating to others and to oneself.

Her practice draws on Client-Centred Therapy alongside approaches that focus on emotion and behaviour. Sessions include exploration of feelings, attention to body-mind links, and tools to manage strong emotions or overwhelming thoughts. The aim is to strengthen self-awareness and personal resilience rather than offer quick fixes.

Elizabeth trained in counselling and has a BA (Hons) and a Science degree in counselling, plus nursing/healthcare study at level 7. She is BACP accredited and has worked across healthcare, education and charity settings, including mental health, hospitals, rehabilitation and bereavement services.

Her background includes therapeutic work in domestic violence and youth counselling charities, and provision of supervision for students and qualified practitioners. She tailors therapy to each person, supporting them to access their own insight and decide on the next steps for a more balanced life.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Elizabeth uses Client-Centred Therapy to place the person's experience at the centre of sessions, offering attentive listening and reflection to help people feel heard and understood. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) complements this by helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing values-based actions that matter to them. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they influence current bonds, helping people change repeated ways of relating.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to decide which methods suit their goals, needs and preferences, and adapt techniques over time as progress is reviewed.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel and allow shorter check-ins when time is limited. It can also let people join sessions from different locations when that helps them attend more consistently. Registered or accredited professionals can tailor techniques such as ACT exercises, relational reflection and emotion-focused work to an online setting so the therapeutic focus remains practical and goal-oriented.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyLGBTFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyDialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy

Experience

8+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What problems does she help with?

She supports people with relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, depression, stress, anxiety and related concerns such as intimacy, eating and sleeping issues.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her work is relational and client-centred, emphasising a warm, non-directive relationship and practical exploration of feelings and behaviour.

How long has she been practising?

She has around 8 years of experience working in therapeutic and health-related settings.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is BACP accredited and practices in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are supported and can she see international clients?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

The original biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking.

How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.

Elizabeth Cooper

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