Eliska Finlay

Eliska Finlay is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She works with adults who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or exhausted and helps them make sense of what they are going through. Her practice often supports people dealing with anxiety, ADHD, low self-esteem, career strain and major life changes such as separation and divorce.

Eliska starts by offering a calm, non-judgemental space to talk. She uses a reflective, psychodynamic background to look at how past experiences influence present patterns. Sessions focus on understanding the roots of difficult feelings and on small changes that can reduce distress over time.

Conversations can cover stress, depression, grief, parenting strain, workplace concerns and relationship issues. She also pays attention to worries tied to abandonment, control, guilt and isolation. Practical coping strategies are offered alongside looking at deeper themes.

Eliska aims to help people find more clarity and a steadier sense of self. She frames therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s goals guide the work. Changes are paced to suit each person’s needs and situation.

If someone is unsure what to expect, Eliska encourages asking questions and taking the first step when ready. Her approach suits people who want to understand their patterns and build manageable ways to cope.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Eliska draws on psychodynamic ideas to help people understand how early relationships and past events influence current feelings and behaviour. This approach looks for repeating patterns and helps clients make sense of where their responses come from, which can be useful for issues like attachment, abandonment and longstanding low self-esteem.

She also integrates practical coping strategies alongside reflection, offering ways to manage anxiety, mood shifts and overwhelming stress in day-to-day life. These techniques aim to reduce immediate distress while the deeper patterns are explored in parallel.

Choosing the right method is part of the work and Eliska treats it as a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about their goals, try different approaches when needed, and adapt the focus as progress is made. Clients help shape what feels most useful for them.

Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so please confirm which options are currently offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for more flexible scheduling. It can also make shorter check-ins or quieter conversations more practical when life is demanding.