Penelope 'Penny' Grigg, BACP

Penelope 'Penny' Grigg offers a warm, person-centred approach to therapy. She uses collaborative conversations to help people make sense of difficult feelings and build practical ways to cope. Penny is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She has nine years of experience working with people in the United Kingdom.

Penny draws on client-centred work alongside cognitive behavioural ideas and narrative methods. Sessions are straightforward and focused on what the person needs right now. She helps people who are dealing with anxiety, depression and mood swings such as bipolar, and those coping with trauma, grief or addiction.

She also supports people facing relationship or intimacy concerns, body-image and eating issues, and stress related to work or caring roles. Other areas Penny works on include sleep problems, anger, ADHD, and the effects of abandonment or attachment difficulties. Her practice includes helping people with chronic pain, illness or disability to manage emotional strain.

Penny makes space for people from LGBT communities and for those affected by domestic violence, coercive control, divorce or separation. Her sessions are non-judgemental and respect each person's story. She uses mindfulness tools and simple, practical steps drawn from cognitive behavioural therapy to reduce symptoms and improve daily coping.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. To begin, someone completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions according to therapist availability.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy puts the person's experience at the heart of the work. The therapist listens without judgement and follows what matters most to the person, helping them to feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns; this can help with anxiety, low mood, sleep and addictive behaviours.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Penny will talk about what feels most useful and try methods that match a person's goals, preferences and everyday life. Together they adapt techniques so sessions feel manageable and relevant.

Online sessions offer flexibility and make it easier to fit therapy into a week. Video calls work well for a more face-to-face feel, phone sessions suit shorter check-ins or low bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging can be useful for ongoing support between sessions. These options help people access consistent care from wherever they are in the United Kingdom, with scheduling that can fit work, caring duties or travel.