About Anthony
Anthony Grainger is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 13 years of experience. He uses an integrative approach to meet individual needs and works in a collaborative way with people to set clear aims and practical steps. He helps with common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, anger and addictions.
He also supports people facing relationship strain, grief and bereavement, identity questions, and issues around intimacy and self‑esteem.
How Anthony works
He can help those coping with life changes and work or career pressures. Anthony draws on several therapeutic approaches to tailor sessions. He may focus on managing symptoms, building coping skills, or exploring deeper patterns linked to attachment and past trauma.
Sessions also include practical coaching-style work when that fits a person's goals. He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, often checks his work through monthly supervision, and keeps his knowledge up to date with continuing professional development. Anthony aims to treat people with respect, sensitivity and compassion throughout the process.
Sessions can include messaging between meetings when useful, and he discusses aims and methods openly with each person. The overall aim is to help people feel more able to manage difficulties and move towards the life they want.
Anthony lists 15 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Anthony works with
The areas below are the ones Anthony selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, clarify what matters to them, and take small steps towards a more valued life. It is useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape patterns in current relationships and emotional responses, helping people repair connection and reduce reactivity.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk through goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and together they will choose or adapt methods as needed. That collaboration means the approach can shift over time if different tools are needed.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual contact, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat suits shorter check-ins or people who prefer typing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while keeping the same therapeutic focus and continuity.
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