Penelope 'Penny' Grigg, BACP
Compassionate, practical counselling for real-life struggles
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Penelope 'Penny' Grigg offers a person-centred, practical approach to counselling. She places the therapeutic relationship at the heart of sessions and aims to help people feel heard and understood. Penny uses clear, everyday language and works to make the first steps straightforward and manageable for someone under stress.
Penny has been practising since 2015 and has nine years of experience. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Background and approach
Her work has included long-term support for people dealing with addiction, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and for those who identify as LGBT. Her sessions focus on exploring how past experiences shape current patterns of thinking and feeling. She draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioural techniques and narrative work to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of responding.
Mindfulness and existential ideas are used to help people build a clearer sense of meaning and choice. Penny also supports people facing life changes like grief, career shifts and parenting strain. She pays attention to body-based experience where it helps, and to patterns of attachment and abandonment that affect relationships.
The aim is to find practical ways to reduce distress and increase day-to-day coping. In sessions she recommends setting clear boundaries and being honest about the work together. People who want to start are invited to take a short matching questionnaire and then arrange sessions according to the therapist's availability.
What Penelope works with
Everything Penelope lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Penelope is listed here; the rest shows what else Penelope works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Penelope lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Penny's approaches fit into online therapy
Penny uses client-centred work to prioritise the person's experience. This approach means sessions begin by listening carefully and shaping the work around what matters most to the client. It helps when someone needs a calm space to talk through feelings and to be met without judgement.She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy, which focuses on how thoughts and behaviours influence feelings. CBT offers practical tools to test unhelpful thoughts and to develop new coping strategies, useful for anxiety, depression and stress. Narrative therapy is used to help people tell and reframe their life stories, which can be helpful when addressing trauma, identity or relationship patterns.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will try methods that suit the person's needs and adjust the plan as the work progresses.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. When arranged, online work can make it easier to fit counselling around daily life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Therapists who use these approaches aim to make sessions straightforward and usable in everyday situations.
Questions people ask about Penelope
What concerns can be addressed in sessions?
Penny works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, depression and self-esteem. Additional areas include body image, chronic illness, parenting strain and ADHD-related difficulties.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
The approach is person-centred and practical. Sessions focus on building a trusting relationship, noticing thinking patterns, and trying manageable changes that reduce distress.
What experience does the therapist have?
Penny has been practising since 2015 and has nine years of clinical experience working with issues such as addiction, anxiety, trauma, neglect and autism.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with this counsellor?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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