Hi, I'm Eliana Douglas
I’m a systemic family therapy practitioner based in Guildford, specialising in working with parents of teenagers.
If you’re here, you care deeply about your child. When the connection begins to strain despite everything you’re doing, it can feel confusing and frightening.
As a mother myself, I understand that tension between love and frustration, wanting the very best for your child and not always knowing how to reach them.
I trained in family therapy within a specialist NHS service in London and have worked extensively with families navigating adolescence and communication breakdown.
Originally from Argentina, and having lived in both New York and the UK, I understand what it means to move between cultures and identities.
Adolescence is a period of transition. My work focuses on helping families move through that shift without losing connection.
I work especially well with:
Teenagers and Their Parents
• Families caught in repeating conflic cycles where everyone feels misunderstood
• Parents who feel the connection changing and don’t know how to reach their teenager anymore
• Teens who are withdrawing, pushing back or struggling to feel heard at home
• Homes where conversations often turn into arguments
• Parents who are trying hard to stay calm and supportive but feel further apart
My work focuses on making relational patterns visible so new ways of responding become possible.
Approach, Training & Qualifications
My approach is integrative and systemic.
We focus on the patterns that develop between you and your child, not just what each of you is feeling individually.
Drawing on systemic family therapy, coherence therapy and trauma-informed approaches, I help you understand why certain conflicts keep repeating and how to shift them in practical, realistic ways.
My work is grounded in formal training across psychology, neuroscience and systemic family therapy, including:
- BA in Psychology. St. John's University New York. US
- M.Sc. in Cognitive Neuroscience, Durham University. UK
- Certified Coherence Therapy Foundation
- Certified Systemic Family Therapy Practitioner. SW London NHS
- Trauma and IFS Informed Practitioner
- ITC (Immunity To Change) Certified Facilitator
- Integrative Women’s Coaching
- Member of AFT (Association of Family Therapy)