About Ceri
Ceri Parry uses warm, person-centred work combined with practical tools. She keeps sessions straightforward and focused on what the person in front of her wants to change. Her approach suits people who are stuck by stress, anxiety, mood problems or addictive patterns and want clear steps forward.
Ceri trained to Masters level in psychology and counselling and holds BACP accreditation. She also has a long career in nursing, including senior roles in adult mental health settings and work across hospitals and primary care.
How Ceri works
That practical background informs how she blends therapy with realistic goals. In sessions she draws on attachment-based ideas and emotionally-focused work to help people understand relationship patterns. She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy to challenge unhelpful thoughts and dialectical skills where emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed.
This mix helps with issues such as trauma, depression, low self-esteem and eating concerns. Her practice has experience supporting people with stress, burn-out and work-related pressures, and with addiction or compulsive behaviours. Ceri also brings knowledge around chronic illness, caregiving strain and complex presentations where more than one difficulty is present.
People who prefer a collaborative style find her practical coaching techniques useful for setting and keeping goals. She offers different session formats so arranging therapy can fit around work, family and other commitments. Ceri aims for a calm, non-judgemental space and adapts pace to each person’s needs.
Ceri lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Ceri works with
The areas below are the ones Ceri selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- 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
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| 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 Ceri’s approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationship patterns shape current responses to stress and intimacy. Online sessions can help people notice those patterns, name their triggers and try new ways of relating in conversation.Client-centred therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of the work. The therapist listens closely, reflects feelings and supports self-directed change, which works well whether on video, phone or text-based formats.
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, moods and behaviours and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful cycles. That hands-on style transfers easily to online sessions with homework, thought records and short behavioural experiments between meetings.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Ceri will discuss goals, try methods and adjust the plan in collaboration with each person so the therapy fits their needs and preferences.
Online formats give practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, short reflections or people who prefer typing. These options help make therapy accessible alongside everyday life.
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