Elizabeth Cockram
Practical, relational counselling for life’s stresses
BACP United Kingdom
- Experience
- 15 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Cockram is a counsellor with 15 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety and relationship strain. She is based in the United Kingdom and works with individuals and couples on issues such as intimacy, parenting stresses, grief and life changes.
Background and approach
Her approachable manner aims to make difficult conversations feel manageable for people who are worried or overwhelmed. She draws on several well-known approaches to shape sessions, including client-centred listening and practical cognitive behavioural techniques.
Elizabeth also uses elements of the Gottman Method when focusing on relationship patterns and communication. Sessions are conversational and focused on clear, usable steps for change.
Her background includes work in social services and within the NHS, where she used talking therapies and a range of therapeutic ideas to help people cope. She has also run a independent practice and provided online counselling for a wider audience.
She holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP. In practice she aims to keep the client at the centre of the work.
That means listening first, then agreeing simple goals and ways to try things differently between sessions. Practical tools, problem-solving and talking through difficult feelings are common parts of the process.
Clients often bring a mix of worries such as anxiety, relationship conflicts, addiction concerns, trauma, grief, low self-esteem and parenting strain. Elizabeth adapts the way she works to match each person's needs and the goals they want to reach.
How Elizabeth uses approaches online
Elizabeth blends client-centred listening with practical techniques to help people manage emotions and change unhelpful patterns. Client-Centred Therapy means the counsellor prioritises the person's perspective and follows their pace, which helps people feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviours that maintain problems and then testing small changes to reduce anxiety or low mood. The Gottman Method offers ways to spot relationship patterns and practise communication skills that reduce conflict and increase connection.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Elizabeth will discuss your concerns and goals and then collaborate with you to decide which methods to try. That choice can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.
Online formats offer flexibility for people with busy lives or those who live far from a counsellor. Video calls are most like face-to-face sessions and suit in-depth conversations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for short check-ins, reflective writing between sessions or when someone prefers typing to speaking.
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Experience
15+ years
Registered with
BACP
Languages
English