Elisha Collins

I am available for online sessions, and also offer a limited number of in-person sessions in Bromley, southeast London.

I’m a Masters-trained psychotherapist, passionate about helping people achieve greater self-awareness and emotional wellbeing to ultimately improve their lives. I combine a number of therapeutic models to best fit each individual’s journey of discovery and healing. And I constantly continue my own training and self-development in order to better my practice for others.

I studied at the home of British psychotherapy, the Tavistock & Portman, and am an accredited member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (MBACP). 

I have a deep love, respect and curiosity for the diversity of people in all it's forms. This means that my practice welcomes people from any background, identity and orientation. I genuinely look forward to meeting you. And whether you look like or identify with with me, or it feels like we may not have anything in common, I will provide a space where you are welcomed exactly as you are.

I am formally trained in a number of therapeutic models and approaches, which allows deliver an experience that is wholly tailored to you and your needs.

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

I specialise in psychodynamic psychotherapy, having earned an MA from the world-renowned Tavistock & Portman. Psychodynamic therapy delves into the unconscious mind to explore how past experiences influence present thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It helps clients gain awareness of unresolved conflicts and emotional patterns stemming from childhood or past relationships. By bringing these unconscious influences to light, psychodynamic therapy empowers people to make positive changes in their lives.

Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS)

I also bring a unique perspective as the first black male trained in Internal Family Systems therapy (IFS) in the UK. Often mistaken as a family therapeutic model, IFS is a type of psychotherapy that views an individual's mind as a system of multiple sub-personalities, each with its own thoughts, feelings and behaviours. A relatable example could be when you think "one part of me wants to X, but another part of me feels Y.” These sub-personalities can be helpful or unhealthy and are often the root causes of our behaviours and actions, which IFS therapy focuses on helping clients to understand and manage.

Systemic Therapy

I also draw on Systemic therapy theory in my work, having studied it as part of my Masters. Systemic therapy is both a family and individual therapy model. It focuses on the interactions and relationships between people within contextual settings such as their home, family, school, community, city and country. It also pays attention to an individual's intersectionality which may include gender, class, race, sexual identity, faith, age or disability. This helps me to create a nonjudgmental, curious and supportive therapeutic space that aims to understand how a person's lived experience is impacted by both their internal and external worlds.

If offer a free 20 minute phonecall/zoom call for you to decide whether I may be a good fit for you.