Ellie Byrne

• Stress and anxiety
• Addictions and substance use
• CBT and motivational interviewing

About Ellie

Ellie Byrne helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction and the effects of trauma and abuse. She uses a person-centred counselling style alongside psychological methods and has five years' experience. Ellie is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Ellie describes her work as client-led. She listens for what matters most and helps people make practical changes. Sessions involve talking through current problems, looking at unhelpful thoughts and trying new ways of coping. She draws on Cognitive Behavioural techniques and motivational interviewing to address behaviours such as substance use.

Her background combines humanistic and psychodynamic ideas with structured approaches. That means sessions can be reflective and also focused on clear steps to change. She aims to help people adjust to life changes, manage mood and tackle patterns that keep problems repeating.

Ellie also supports people struggling with relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, career pressures and sleep or eating difficulties. She lists additional focus areas including attachment concerns, ADHD, autism and first responder issues. She works with questions around grief, anger and compassion fatigue.

People who come to Ellie can expect a straightforward approach that mixes listening with practical tools. She encourages clients to lead the pace and priorities of their work together. To begin, users are asked to use the site’s matching process and book a first session through the platform.

How Ellie uses therapeutic approaches in online work

Ellie combines person-centred practice with structured methods to make practical progress. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviour patterns; it is often used for anxiety, low mood and difficulties with sleep or eating. Motivational Interviewing focuses on a person’s own reasons for change and can be helpful for addictions and behaviour change because it builds readiness and practical steps.

Finding the right approach tends to be part of the early work. Ellie discusses aims and preferences with each person and agrees which methods to try together. This is collaborative and can change as needs shift during counselling.

The platform’s session formats are not listed in her biography, so please confirm which options are available before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a working day, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a person’s schedule. They can also allow people to work with a registered professional from their own region while keeping appointments manageable.

Topics Ellie lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Addictions
• Trauma and abuse
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• LGBT
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Grief
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Self-esteem
• Career difficulties
• Bipolar disorder
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Antisocial personality
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Avoidant personality
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Control issues
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• First responder issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Hoarding
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Midlife crisis
• Money and financial issues
• Narcissism
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Paranoia
• Personality disorders
• Process addictions
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sex addiction
• Sexuality
• Quitting smoking or vaping
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Existential Therapy
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy

Questions about Ellie

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety is listed among the main concerns she helps people with.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She practices a person-centred counselling style and uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, motivational interviewing, existential and mindfulness ideas.

What is her experience?

She has five years' professional experience working in psychological and counselling roles.

Is she professionally registered and where does she work?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.

Can I have sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English only.

Can I book therapy from outside the UK?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How are sessions paid for?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.