Eila Ghrayeb, BACP

Eila Ghrayeb is a counsellor with six years' experience helping people work through stress, anxiety, relationship issues and the fallout from trauma. She holds BACP accreditation and aims to offer a respectful, accepting space where clients can be heard and begin to find practical steps forward.

She works with people who struggle to trust their judgement, manage strong emotions, or change unwanted habits. That includes challenges such as depression, bipolar difficulties, self-harm, addictions and problems with eating or sleeping. Her practice also addresses grief, anger, parenting strain, ADHD and multicultural or gendered concerns.

Her approach is flexible and person-centred. She uses methods from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment-Based work and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to match what each person needs. Sessions focus on building clearer understanding, developing coping skills and making choices that fit the life someone wants to lead.

Eila draws on varied frontline experience supporting people facing homelessness, substance misuse and complex mental health difficulties. She also describes herself as a Christian and can offer an understanding space for clients for whom faith is important.

Practical help might include mapping thought patterns, practising new ways to handle emotions and setting small steps towards change. The aim is to leave people with tools they can use between sessions and confidence to make decisions that matter to them.

How Eila adapts established approaches for online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take steps aligned with those values, while learning to make room for difficult thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behavioural experiments to reduce anxiety or low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current responses and can be useful for intimacy and trust issues.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and suggest methods that fit your needs and preferences, trying things and adjusting as you go. That means you and the counsellor decide together what feels most useful for your situation.

If you are considering online work, please confirm the exact session options before booking. The main practical benefits include easier fitting of sessions into a busy day, shorter check-ins when needed, and the chance to have therapy from different locations. Many people find online appointments reduce travel time and make it simpler to keep continuity during life changes. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists can adapt exercises and tools used in sessions so they work well in remote meetings.