Elizabeth Ustabas , BACP

Elizabeth Ustabas is an experienced, licensed therapist working in the United Kingdom who also trains future counsellors as a counselling tutor, providing courses from levels 2 to 4. She holds BACP credentials - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy is the main professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK - and brings both clinical practice and teaching experience to her work.

She supports people who are neurodivergent seeking greater self-understanding and helps clients manage stress and anxiety, cope with addictions, navigate relationship difficulties, and work through trauma and abuse. Her practice emphasizes the client as the expert in their own story while offering professional guidance and therapeutic skills to help address life’s challenges.

For Elizabeth, the therapeutic relationship is central; she aims to build a trusting, non-judgemental connection in which clients can explore thoughts and feelings that may feel daunting to talk about. She is committed to walking alongside people through their healing process and to helping them develop strengths and strategies that support recovery and wellbeing.

Elizabeth combines compassion with practical approaches and a commitment to promoting growth, understanding, and resilience in the people she works with.

Evidence-based approaches and online support with Elizabeth

Elizabeth works with evidence-based, skills-focused interventions that teach practical coping strategies for managing stress, anxiety, addictive behaviours, and attention-related challenges; these techniques are goal-oriented and help people build concrete skills they can use day to day.

She also offers trauma-informed, relational work that focuses on understanding the effects of past abuse and attachment difficulties, helping clients process difficult experiences and rebuild safer patterns of relating. In addition, Elizabeth incorporates coaching-oriented strategies to clarify goals, increase motivation, and support practical change in areas such as relationships, career, and wellbeing.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Elizabeth collaborates with each person to identify methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they review what feels most helpful and adjust the plan as therapy progresses.

Online therapy with licensed professionals offers flexibility and accessibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit support around work, family, and daily life. These options can increase consistency of care and make it simpler for people to stay engaged with the therapeutic work.