About Alexandra
Alexandra Grimes helps people facing anxiety, stress, relationship strain and grief. She speaks plainly and offers steady support while clients talk through what matters most. Alexandra works online from the United Kingdom and meets people by video, phone, live chat or messaging.
She uses a person-centred approach that keeps the client's experience at the heart of sessions. That means the person decides what to bring and the therapist follows their lead, while offering empathy and thoughtful reflection.
How Alexandra works
Alexandra also draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to help with unhelpful thoughts and patterns, and uses psychodynamic and solution-focused ideas when they fit the client's goals. Clients can expect calm, direct conversation and practical tools to manage day-to-day difficulties.
Alexandra aims to help people understand and process upsetting events, reduce anxious thinking, or find ways to change habits that no longer serve them. She tailors each plan to what the client needs in the moment. She has five years of professional experience and holds NCPS.
Alexandra emphasises respect, sensitivity and a non-judgemental stance in every session. Her style is warm and empathic while still being grounded and action-oriented when needed. Sessions can be scheduled in a way that suits the person's routine and communication preferences.
Alexandra supports people through life changes, parenting stress, addiction concerns, eating and sleeping problems, trauma and other issues listed on her profile.
Alexandra lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Alexandra works with
The areas below are the ones Alexandra selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Alexandra works in a person-centred way which focuses on the client's own experience and priorities. In practice this means sessions begin with the client choosing what to bring and the therapist following that lead while offering empathy and reflection. This approach helps with relationship stress, grief, self-esteem and many everyday concerns.She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy or CBT to help identify unhelpful thoughts and do practical experiments to change patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep or coping with stressful situations because it gives clear steps to try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Alexandra will discuss options and tailor methods to the client's needs, goals and preferences in a collaborative way rather than imposing a single style. The plan can change as the client progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is recommended for building a strong connection, phone can be handy when bandwidth is limited, live chat or messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer typing. This flexibility makes it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping continuity of care.
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