Eliska Finlay, BACP

Eliska Finlay is a therapist practising in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She works with adults who are feeling overwhelmed or stuck and supports people facing anxiety, low self-esteem, ADHD, burnout, career uncertainty, and major life changes. Eliska creates a calm, non-judgemental space where clients can speak openly and begin to make sense of their feelings.

Her background includes psychodynamic therapy, which shapes how she listens and asks questions. She pays attention to how past experiences and long-standing patterns affect current reactions. Discussions often focus on understanding emotional triggers and habitual responses so change can begin to take place.

Eliska’s style is reflective and down-to-earth. Conversations are paced to suit the individual and aim to build clarity rather than rush solutions. She encourages practical steps alongside exploring deeper emotional material when that feels helpful.

People come to her for a wide range of concerns, including grief, relationship and parenting stress, workplace issues, social anxiety, and struggles with self-worth. Sessions look at both immediate coping strategies and underlying themes that keep problems repeating.

Beginning therapy is framed as a collaborative process. Eliska works with each person to set realistic goals and check progress as therapy unfolds. Her aim is to help clients feel more grounded, make clearer choices, and regain a stronger sense of themselves.

Approaches that guide online work and how they help

Eliska draws on psychodynamic ideas to help people notice repeating patterns and links between past experiences and current feelings. This approach is useful when someone wants to understand why they react a certain way and to create more choice around those responses.

She also uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical coping skills and emotional regulation. These techniques help with acute stress, anxiety, low mood and everyday challenges at work or home by teaching clear, usable strategies.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Eliska treats this as a collaborative task and will discuss options with each person. Together they look at the client’s goals, life situation and preferences to decide what to try first and when to adjust the plan.

Practical benefits of online therapy can include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time, which makes regular appointments easier to keep. Telephone sessions can offer a shorter check-in when time is tight, while video work lets you use eye contact and visual cues during conversation. The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking to know what is available.