Elena Simona Lazar

Elena Simona Lazar brings together six years of counselling experience in the United Kingdom. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP. Elena speaks English and Romanian and aims to build a calm, non-judgemental space where people can speak openly about difficult feelings and life events.

Her earlier career as a nurse shaped her interest in the human side of care. She uses that background to listen closely and to respond with practical, steady support. Sessions focus on helping people find clarity about what they feel and why certain patterns repeat.

Elena adapts her work to each person, drawing on client-centred ideas, Internal Family Systems, and systemic ways of thinking. She helps people explore painful emotions gently and to notice inner parts that influence choices and relationships. Practical techniques are offered when helpful to improve day-to-day wellbeing.

People contact her for a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family difficulties, grief, addictions, and caregiver strain. She also supports work on self-esteem, career worries, and coping with life changes.

In sessions she aims to increase understanding of emotions, improve communication within relationships, and help clients find sources of inner strength. The aim is to work collaboratively so people leave with clearer choices and manageable steps forward.

How Elena’s approaches shape online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy is about meeting each person where they are. The counsellor listens closely and follows the client's priorities, helping them name feelings and decide what matters most to work on. This approach is useful for stress, low confidence and relationship concerns.

Internal Family Systems looks at different parts inside a person - for example a part that criticises and a part that protects. Working with these parts helps people understand why they react the way they do and can be useful for trauma, addiction and self-esteem issues.

Systemic Therapy considers relationships and patterns inside families or close networks. It helps identify repeated dynamics and practical ways to change interactions that cause strain or conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and then suggest ways of working together. That choice is reviewed over time so methods stay relevant to what the client needs.

If you are considering online counselling, check the session options before booking to confirm what is available. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow a quicker check-in when days are short. It can also suit people who prefer not to use video for every session, or who need shorter appointments at certain times. Registered and accredited professionals can adapt techniques used in face-to-face work to an online setting to support ongoing change and clearer choices.