I'm Ellen Lin Perry, a UKCP-accredited psychotherapist with a Master’s degree in Transpersonal Counselling and Psychotherapy, and a UKCP Recognised Training Supervisor. My work is informed by more than ten years of therapeutic experience, specialist training in transpersonal psychotherapy and dreamwork, and my work with trainee and qualified therapists.
Having lived and worked across different cultural worlds, I am particularly attentive to the ways our histories, relationships, languages and expectations can shape how we understand ourselves. Sometimes we adapt so successfully to what others need that it becomes harder to recognise our own feelings and wishes.
Many people come to therapy carrying experiences that have never fully had space to be understood, emotionally processed, or spoken about openly. I see psychotherapy as a place where these experiences can gradually become easier to understand, explore and share, so that they feel less isolating and can be held in a new way.
I offer therapy in English, Mandarin and Cantonese. Whatever your background, we can explore your experience with curiosity and openness, without assuming that one explanation or approach will fit everyone.
My approach
My approach is relational and integrative, informed by a transpersonal perspective and my interest in the wisdom of different traditions and the natural world. Sufism has deepened my appreciation of love that honours difference. Taoism and Chinese traditions have drawn my attention to balance, natural rhythms and the interplay of opposing forces, while Buddhist thought invites reflection on attachment and the ways we perceive ourselves and others.
Nature continually reminds me that growth cannot always be forced, and that some changes take place beyond our immediate awareness. These perspectives inform my openness to each person's unique inner world and the different ways understanding, healing and change may unfold.
Alongside talking therapy, we may also explore dreams, imagery, breath, body awareness, symbolic reflection or creative imagination, where these feel relevant to the therapeutic process.
I am interested not only in the difficulties we experience in the present, but also in the emotional patterns, relationships and internal dynamics that shape how we experience ourselves and others over time.
Together, we can explore these at a pace that feels manageable, allowing space for greater emotional clarity, self-understanding and a more grounded relationship with yourself.
Cross-cultural and identity experience
I have a particular interest in cross-cultural identity, belonging and the emotional impact of living between languages, expectations and cultural worlds.
Of Chinese origin, I have lived and worked across China and the UK. This background informs my sensitivity to the complexities of identity, migration, family expectations, and the often unspoken emotional negotiations involved in moving between cultural contexts.
I work with people navigating these questions in many different forms, including those who may not initially identify their experience as cross-cultural, but who feel a sense of internal division, displacement or a need to adapt to different expectations.
Professional background
Before training as a psychotherapist, I worked across a range of professional fields, including translation, marketing, accounting, consulting, executive coaching, auditing and UK–China trade negotiation.
These experiences continue to inform my understanding of professional pressure, responsibility, adaptation, and the emotional demands that can arise within different working and cultural environments.
Supervision
Alongside my clinical practice, I am a UKCP Recognised Training Supervisor (RTS), providing supervision for trainee and qualified therapists.
I also work as a group supervisor and staff member at the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (CCPE) and HELP Counselling London.
• United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP – Accredited Member: 201168450)
• M.A. in Transpersonal Counselling and Psychotherapy (University of Northampton & CCPE)
• Advanced Diploma in Transpersonal Psychotherapy (CCPE)
• Advanced Certificate in Dreamwork (Dream Research Institute & CCPE)
• Diploma in Supervision from a Spiritual Perspective (CCPE)
• Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy (CCPE)
Working together
Therapy is a collaborative process. We begin with what brings you here, what feels difficult now and what you hope might become different. Over time, we can explore your experiences at a pace that feels manageable, allowing understanding and change to develop rather than forcing them.
If you are wondering whether I may be the right therapist for you, an initial session offers an opportunity to explore what has brought you to therapy and whether working together feels right for you.