Elizabeth Duffy, NCPS

Elizabeth Duffy is a counsellor who focuses on helping people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and everyday habits. She creates a calm space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, anger and other struggles. She aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone unsure where to begin.

Over 17 years in practice, Elizabeth has worked with a wide range of concerns including depression, relationship and intimacy matters, grief, sleep and eating issues, ADHD, and challenges linked to autism and Asperger syndrome. Her work also covers areas such as compassion fatigue, first responder issues, HIV/AIDS, and obsessive or compulsive patterns. She brings a steady, practical style to sessions and listens closely to each person’s priorities.

Elizabeth uses a mix of approaches and tailors them to the individual. She draws on client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural ideas that look at thoughts and habits, emotion-focused ways of looking at relationships, mindfulness to build present-moment skills, and motivational interviewing to support change. Sessions tend to focus on clear steps and small experiments people can try between meetings.

The aim is straightforward: help people feel more in control of thoughts and routines that get in the way of daily life. Elizabeth encourages realistic goals and works at a pace that suits each person. She welcomes people from different backgrounds and accepts international clients.

Her credential is NCPS. Sessions are offered in English and take place in the United Kingdom. To begin, a short questionnaire and scheduling step connects a person with her practice.

Approaches that target thoughts and habits online

Elizabeth often uses client-centred work and cognitive behavioural ideas when helping people online. Client-centred therapy is about being listened to and having sessions guided by the person’s own priorities; it helps when someone needs space to talk and be heard. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioural changes, which can help with anxiety, low mood, sleep and compulsive patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, and then try methods together to see what helps. This is a collaborative process and approaches can be adjusted as progress is reviewed.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the current online options before booking. Online sessions can make regular meetings easier to fit around work, school runs or busy days. They can also allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, or let someone take part without travelling to an appointment. Many people find this flexibility helps them maintain momentum with the practical exercises they try between sessions.