Precious Carrington-Gomes, BACP

Precious Carrington-Gomes is a counsellor with 15 years of experience in health and wellbeing across the United Kingdom. She holds BACP registration, and she helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or relationship strain. She aims to make the first step easier by offering a calm, non-judgemental space to talk.

Her approach is practical and person-focused. She listens to what matters most and works with each person to set clear, achievable goals. Sessions often explore patterns that keep problems going while building small, manageable changes to daily life.

Precious uses a mix of approaches to match the person's needs. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of responding. Mindfulness skills are taught to help with emotional regulation and grounding during stressful moments.

She also draws on client-centred and psychodynamic ideas to understand how past experiences shape present feelings. Motivational Interviewing supports people who want to build motivation for change without feeling pushed.

Common concerns she helps with include anger, self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, parenting pressures, coping with life changes and compassion fatigue. She also offers support around adoption and foster care, attachment and ageing and geriatric issues.

Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged online for people in the UK and internationally. Precious aims to be practical, steady and encouraging while helping people move forward at a pace that suits them.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening without judgement and following the person's pace; online formats let this open conversation happen from wherever is most convenient. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavioural changes, which suits online work because homework and short exercises can be shared between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple grounding and breathing practices to manage strong emotions and stress in the moment.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk about goals, try different techniques and adjust methods based on what helps most. People often blend approaches so sessions match their needs and preferences rather than sticking to a single model.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a shorter break. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or choose a quieter way to communicate. These options make it easier to keep therapy going around work, family and other commitments.