Elizabeth "Lizz" Benton

Elizabeth "Lizz" Benton is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She focuses on relationship and family difficulties, parenting strains, self-esteem and motivation. Lizz aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about their thoughts and feelings. She offers straightforward support to help people take the first steps toward a more fulfilling life.

Her approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy among other methods. In sessions she helps people notice unhelpful patterns, try small changes, and practice new ways of coping. Lizz also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect present behaviour.

She has helped people manage stress, anxiety, sleep problems, anger and career concerns. Lizz also supports those coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and difficulties linked to chronic illness or disability. She pays attention to family dynamics and communication problems when these are part of the issue.

Sessions aim to be practical and paced to the individual. Lizz works collaboratively, setting goals together and reviewing progress in simple, measurable steps. Her style is warm and down-to-earth, with an emphasis on skills people can use between sessions.

If English is your preferred language she can work with you, and she accepts international clients. Before booking, confirm the current session options to make sure they fit your needs.

Therapeutic approaches and online working

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people identify what matters to them and take small, values-led steps even when feelings are difficult. ACT can be useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with major life changes.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It offers practical tools to test unhelpful thoughts, change routines and improve sleep, stress and anger management.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and grounding practices to reduce rumination and improve focus. It is often paired with other methods to help people manage anxiety and build everyday resilience.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences and the problems they want to address. Goals are reviewed together so the approach can be adjusted as needed.

Because the biography does not list specific session formats, please confirm available formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by reducing travel, allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break, or avoiding the need to be on camera for every session. Registered or accredited professionals can use a range of techniques remotely, and the same therapeutic approaches described above are often adaptable to online settings.