Tina Elliston, NCPS
Gentle, narrative-informed counselling for life changes
Details
| Name | Tina Elliston |
|---|---|
| Credentials | NCPS |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | NCPS |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 5 |
About Tina
Tina Elliston is a counsellor and psychotherapist who works with individuals to meet their specific needs. She keeps caseloads small so she can build a close working relationship and offer care paced to each person. Tina uses therapy and coaching to help people set goals and take small steps forward.
Tina draws on narrative approaches alongside client-centred, cognitive behavioural and mindfulness methods. She uses these to help people untangle difficult stories, notice unhelpful patterns and practise new ways of coping.
Background and approach
Sessions can include practical tasks such as worksheets and short exercises to build skills between meetings. Her background is in nursing and midwifery, and she has many years of experience supporting women with fertility, pregnancy and birth-related difficulties. This includes grief after baby loss, birth trauma, and the emotional effects of fertility struggles.
She also offers bereavement counselling and practical emotional support for related relationship strains. Tina also supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, low self-esteem, anger and parenting strain. She lists work on bipolar and ADHD among her focus areas, and works with relationship and intimacy issues, career concerns and coping with life changes.
Her additional interests include adoption and foster care, attachment matters, autism and blended family issues. Tina holds NCPS as a credential and has pursued diplomas in topics such as ADHD, autism, attachment theory, bereavement and perinatal mental health. She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, with appointments arranged through the platform matching process.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Parenting issues among the things Tina works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Tina among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Tina among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Tina among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Tina among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Tina among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Tina directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Tina directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and practical approaches work online
Therapy here combines narrative therapy, client-centred work and cognitive behavioural ideas to help people make sense of their experiences and change how they cope. Narrative therapy focuses on the stories people tell about themselves and looks for alternative narratives that free up new possibilities. It can help with grief, relationship strain and identity issues.Client-centred work gives space for people to be heard and understood without judgement. That approach supports building trust and exploring feelings at a comfortable pace. Cognitive behavioural techniques add practical tools - simple experiments, thought records or behavioural steps - which help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to a person’s needs, goals and preferences and adjust the plan over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow more face-to-face conversation, phone calls need less bandwidth, and messaging can suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and everyday life while keeping continuity between sessions.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does this counsellor specialise in?
Tina works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, low self-esteem, anger and relationship or intimacy difficulties. She also lists bipolar, ADHD, parenting and career concerns among her focus areas.
What therapeutic style can I expect in sessions?
Her approach combines narrative therapy with client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness. Sessions tend to be collaborative and practical, with tasks or worksheets offered between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
Tina has five years of counselling and psychotherapy experience alongside prior work as a nurse and midwife. That clinical background informs her work with pregnancy, fertility and bereavement issues.
Where is she based and what are her credentials?
She practices from the United Kingdom and lists NCPS among her credentials. Additional study areas include ADHD, autism, attachment theory, bereavement and perinatal mental health.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients for online work.
What session formats are available online?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging depending on preference. These options allow for shorter check-ins or fuller video discussions as needed.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability. Therapy uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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