Elizabeth (Liz) Cook, BACP

Elizabeth (Liz) Cook is a UK-qualified counsellor with 12 years of professional experience supporting people through difficult life events. She brings to her practice a long background in social care, having spent 22 years working with people with disabilities and the family members who care for them - experience that shaped her understanding of how illness and disability affect individuals and families.

Liz has extensive experience working with anxiety, depression and stress, including supporting people who feel suicidal, those who self-harm, and clients who have withdrawn from social life because of low mood. She is trained in person-centred counselling and also holds a qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), combining a focus on empathic, client-led exploration with practical strategies to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. She is a member of the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK.

In an initial meeting Liz offers ample time to hear a person’s story and to understand what they hope to achieve through counselling, then outlines how she might work together. As a person-centred practitioner she believes people have resources within themselves for positive change and aims to accompany clients on that journey of discovery and growth.