- Client-Centred work
- Cognitive Behavioural tools
- Narrative exploration
About Penelope
Penelope 'Penny' Grigg is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with nine years' experience. She offers short, direct support for stress, anxiety, relationships and related concerns. Penny lists blended family issues among her areas of focus.
Penny uses an integrative style that draws on several familiar approaches. She mixes Client-Centred and Cognitive Behavioural techniques with Existential and Narrative ideas. This creates practical conversations about what is happening now and how it links to the past.
In sessions she asks straightforward questions about routines, roles and expectations. That can help when households merge, or when stepparents and partners disagree about boundaries. She also addresses abandonment, attachment and communication problems that often come up in blended households.
She has worked a lot with addiction, trauma and anxiety, and supports people dealing with grief, sleep or eating issues. Penny also includes mindfulness tools you can practise between sessions to steady strong emotions.
Penny invites clear, honest communication about limits and boundaries in therapy. She keeps clinical supervision and professional insurance as part of her practice. To start a course of sessions, readers follow the site’s booking flow and complete a short questionnaire before scheduling a first appointment.
How Penny combines approaches for online sessions
Penny often uses Client-Centred Therapy to focus on the person in front of her. That means listening closely and reflecting what someone says so they can find their own direction. It helps with relationship stress and decisions about roles in a household.She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, behaviours and feelings link together. CBT gives concrete strategies for anxiety, sleep and coping with difficult reactions in blended family situations. Existential elements open up questions about values, responsibility and meaning when people face big life changes.
Choosing an approach is part of the work. Penny will talk with clients about what feels useful and adapt methods to match goals and preferences. That collaborative planning helps keep sessions practical and focused on day-to-day problems like routines, boundaries and communication.
The biography does not specify which online session formats are provided, so confirm options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a week and reduce travel time. They also allow shorter check-ins or camera-off conversations if that helps someone engage more consistently.
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Primary focus
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
9+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Penny supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns including blended family issues, trauma, addiction and grief.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses an integrative, client-centred approach combined with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Existential and Narrative ideas and mindfulness practices.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of practice working with anxiety, trauma, addiction and relationship difficulties.
What credentials and location are listed?
Penny is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current online or in-person options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.