Elizabeth Kew, BACP

Elizabeth Kew is a BACP counsellor who trained with a Bachelor of Science in Counselling from the University of East London. She chose therapy work after personal exploration of meaning and purpose, including research into her own experiences with psilocybin and how this shaped her counselling path. Elizabeth uses an integrative way of working that draws on several therapeutic ideas. She offers sessions in English and accepts clients across the United Kingdom and internationally.

Her clinical background includes roles at Islington Mind and St. Mary’s Hospital, where she provided face-to-face counselling to people with complex needs and to NHS staff in a sexual health clinic. She also volunteered at The Listening Place, supporting people in acute distress. These roles shaped her experience in responding to trauma, identity concerns and serious mental health challenges.

In practice she blends psychodynamic, existential and humanistic ideas with client-centred listening. That means sessions focus on the person in front of her, their story, and what they want to achieve. Elizabeth pays attention to links between body and mind, drawing on her background in yoga and somatic interest when helpful.

She works at a pace chosen with the person and looks for patterns that help explain current difficulties. Typical concerns she supports include stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addiction, relationship and identity issues, and coping with life changes such as midlife transitions.

Elizabeth describes her style as collaborative and flexible. She helps people make sense of difficult experiences and build choices for change, tailoring sessions to individual needs rather than following a single method.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and helping the person lead the conversation. It is useful when someone needs a non-judgemental space to work out what matters to them and what they want to change.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect. It gives practical ways to spot and try different responses, which can help with anxiety, low mood or unhelpful habits.

Existential Therapy helps people consider meaning, choice and identity when life feels uncertain or stuck. It is often useful for people facing big life transitions or searching for renewed purpose.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy itself. Elizabeth works collaboratively to test what helps most, and she adjusts methods based on a person’s goals and preferences rather than following one fixed path.

If you want online sessions, confirm which formats are currently offered when you book. Those practical arrangements can affect how a session feels - for example, fewer visual demands can make a check-in easier, while video can allow for more face-to-face connection. Online work can make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy week and to continue contact from a distance.