Elena Bradley-Syrett

I currently have availability. Please get in touch if you’d like to book an appointment or an initial call.

I am a BACP registered counsellor with many years of experience supporting individuals as they navigate, understand, and manage their mental health and emotional wellbeing.

I provide a warm, respectful environment where we can untangle what is happening together. This is not a passive, open-ended conversation; our work is a collaborative and purposeful process, meaning you determine what we focus on and set the pace at which we move.

My role is to bring a professional perspective and a supportive framework that ensures you feel safe and secure, while gently challenging you to make the changes that you want.

Together, we can examine the areas where things have broken down, helping you to gain a deeper understanding of yourself and your situation, and find a meaningful way forward.

I work integratively, which means I draw on different therapeutic approaches to meet your individual needs. This might mean thinking about your emotional wellbeing in the present moment or focusing on a current life experience that is feeling difficult or distressing.

We might find that this naturally takes us to exploring an earlier experience and how this continues to have an impact, or you might already know that this is where you want to start.

Sometimes words fall short in capturing how we are feeling. We can use a physical focus in our sessions to bring awareness to the connection between the mind and body, noticing how you hold emotional tension and finding a grounded sense of presence that offers your thoughts a welcome rest.

My approach considers you as the expert, so I will be guided by you on what feels right to focus on. If you are unsure where to begin, we will work together to find a natural starting point.

What you need might change as our work progresses and my practice is therefore flexible and responsive to this. We will routinely review our focus together to ensure it remains meaningful for you.

Before we book a full session, I offer a free, 20-minute initial phone call. Choosing a counsellor is a very personal decision, and because the relationship between us is such an important part of the therapy, this call is simply a space for you to get a sense of whether working with me feels right for you.

There is no pressure to make a decision on the spot.

During our short chat, we will largely focus on:

• What you are hoping to get from therapy and a broad idea of what you are experiencing.

• A bit more about how I work and how we might look at things together.

• Giving you the space to ask any questions and gain a sense of whether I feel like the right person to support you.