ABOUT ELGIN HOUSE
A different kind of space for therapy.
Elgin House was created from a simple belief: the place where therapy happens matters too.
Therapy asks us to talk about things that can feel deeply personal. The space around those conversations should feel safe, considered and welcoming – somewhere you can arrive, settle and feel comfortable being yourself.
That’s why Elgin House was designed to feel different from a traditional clinical setting.
Professional without feeling clinical. Beautiful without feeling intimidating.
Located in the heart of South Woodford, Elgin House brings together a carefully selected community of counsellors and psychotherapists, each with their own experience, specialisms and way of working.
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The story behind Elgin House
Elgin House was founded by Dipti Solanki, an integrative counsellor, educator and grief specialist.
Through her work with clients, students, organisations and communities, Dipti saw how much courage it can take to seek emotional support – and how important both the therapeutic relationship and the environment surrounding it can be.
Elgin House grew from a desire to create somewhere that gave equal consideration to both and a space in the heart of the local community.
A welcoming home for talking therapy, where clients can find the right practitioner for them and therapists can become part of a thoughtful professional community.
More than a therapy room
Alongside individual counselling and psychotherapy, Elgin House works with organisations through counselling, workshops, training and specialist wellbeing support.
It is also a professional home for independent practitioners who share our commitment to thoughtful, ethical and compassionate practice.
If you're looking for a beautiful, welcoming and professionally designed space in which to establish or grow your practice, we'd love to hear from you.
Counsellor · Educator · Grief Specialist & Founder of Elgin House
Meet the Founder
For Dipti Solanki, Elgin House began with a question: what if the environment in which therapy takes place was given the same care and consideration as the therapy itself?
As an integrative counsellor, educator and grief specialist, Dipti has worked with people through some of life’s most difficult and defining experiences – including grief and loss, anxiety, burnout, questions of identity and belonging, and significant life transitions.
Her work extends beyond the therapy room. Alongside her private practice, Dipti works within counselling education and training, supports organisations through workshops and wellbeing initiatives, and has a longstanding interest in how culture, community and lived experience shape the way we understand emotional wellbeing.
It was through these different parts of her work that the idea for Elgin House developed.
Creating somewhere that feels different.
Dipti wanted to create a space that felt warm and considered from the moment someone arrived.
Somewhere professional, without feeling clinical. Somewhere beautiful, without feeling intimidating. And somewhere independent practitioners could feel part of a professional community while retaining their own identity and way of working.
Elgin House is the result: a home for talking therapy in the heart of South Woodford, created around the people who use it.