Elena Simona Lazar, BACP

Elena Simona Lazar is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with six years of experience and a BACP registration. She draws on a nursing background of more than a decade to bring practical empathy and calm to sessions. Simona focuses on helping people who face stress, anxiety, relationship or intimacy-related issues and struggles with self-esteem and motivation.

She offers straightforward, non-judgemental support so people can talk about difficult feelings. Sessions aim to bring clarity about what someone is experiencing and to explore painful emotions gently. Simona emphasises helping clients notice repeated patterns and learning small strategies that make everyday life easier.

Her approach adapts to each person. She uses client-centred work alongside elements of Internal Family Systems and systemic ideas to reflect on relationships and inner parts. That mix is used to help with issues such as addiction, grief, trauma, parenting strain and changes at work.

In practical terms she helps people build coping skills, improve communication in relationships and strengthen confidence. Simona also works with body image concerns, chronic health-related stress, codependency and career worries. Sessions include exploring feelings, offering techniques and mapping steps toward clearer choices.

Simona speaks English and Romanian. She asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions in line with her availability. The emphasis in her work is collaboration and helping each person find what fits them.

How Elena's approaches shape online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy places the client's experience at the heart of work. The counsellor listens closely, follows what matters to the person and helps them make their own choices about change. This approach supports issues like low self-esteem, anxiety and relationship worries.

Internal Family Systems looks at different parts inside a person - for example a critical part or a protective part - and helps people relate to those parts with more care. It can be helpful for trauma, shame or complex emotional patterns. Systemic Therapy considers how relationships and family systems affect current problems and helps people spot interaction patterns that keep difficulties alive.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which ideas and techniques fit best with their goals, needs and preferences. That collaboration means the plan can be adjusted as progress is made.

If you are interested in online therapy, confirm the session formats available before booking. Elena uses her clinical approaches to adapt to online work and to keep sessions practical - for example focusing on short tasks between meetings, checking-in on progress and using reflective conversations to map relationship patterns. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work or family life and may allow a steadier rhythm of contact while people try new ways of coping.