Elia Duncan, BACP

Elia Duncan offers calm, straightforward support for people coping with anxiety, stress, loss and relationship strain. He focuses on helping individuals build clearer boundaries, reconnect with their values and strengthen everyday coping skills. His style is warm and direct, aimed at making change feel manageable rather than overwhelming.

Elia has eight years of practice as a psychotherapist working in the United Kingdom and with international clients. He has a background in education counselling and has worked with people from varied cultural backgrounds and sexualities. His listed areas include anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, career questions, LGBT issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy matters, parenting concerns, ADHD and compassion fatigue.

Sessions focus on practical steps and honest conversation. Elia draws on Client-Centred Therapy to create a non-judgemental space and on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help notice and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour. He also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat over time, alongside solution-focused techniques to set small, achievable goals.

Clients can expect a balance of listening and action. Conversations often involve identifying what matters most, testing new ways of responding, and building routines that reduce overwhelm. Elia also supports people facing identity questions, abandonment issues, blended family challenges, fatherhood concerns, immigration stress and relationship betrayal.

He works in English and accepts international clients. Elia is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. To begin, choose the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

How these approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on warm, non-judgemental listening and helping a person feel heard. Online sessions can recreate that listening space so people name what matters and notice what feels difficult. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses short exercises and experiments to change patterns; it suits worries, low mood and stress-related problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs and then try methods that fit. This is collaborative - choices are reviewed together and adjusted as progress is noticed or aims change.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow a quicker check-in when time is short and remove travel time. Some people prefer video for face-to-face feeling, while others choose phone for a shorter, less visual check-in. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt the tools of CBT and Client-Centred Therapy to work well across different formats.