About Mandy
Mandy Parnell helps people struggling with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and relationship concerns. She also supports people facing trauma, eating and sleep problems, parenting strain, anger, career challenges and major life changes. Mandy addresses issues linked to identity and prejudice, including LGBT concerns and HIV / AIDS related matters.
Mandy has worked as a counsellor for 16 years. She holds a BSc honours degree in integrative counselling psychotherapy from the University of Roehampton and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
How Mandy works
Her style is warm and person-focused. Mandy aims to build a trusting working relationship first. She listens carefully and helps people explore what matters to them.
Sessions are practical and geared towards small, manageable changes. Mandy uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person. She draws on client-centred ideas to follow the client’s lead, cognitive behavioural techniques to look at patterns of thinking, and attachment-based and narrative ways of understanding relationships and personal stories.
She adapts methods to suit the issue and the person. People can expect straightforward conversations and clear aims in sessions. Mandy believes most people can learn new ways of coping and live a life with more enjoyment.
She works with adults aged 18 and above, including people from diverse backgrounds and those living outside the United Kingdom. Her practice covers a wide range of concerns such as OCD, personality difficulties, phobias, jealousy, hoarding, seasonal affective disorder, self-harm and sexual assault and abuse. Mandy focuses on helping each person find realistic steps that fit their life.
Mandy lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Mandy works with
The areas below are the ones Mandy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Mandy’s approaches translate to online work
Mandy uses client-centred ways of working which focus on listening and following the person’s lead. This helps people feel heard and shapes sessions around their immediate concerns. She also applies cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviours and offers exercises people can try between sessions to reduce anxiety and change habits.Finding the right approach is part of the process and Mandy treats it as collaborative. She will discuss goals, try methods that suit the person and review what helps. Together they decide which techniques to keep, adapt or stop based on progress and preference.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing, need brief daily support or who want more frequent, short contacts. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments while keeping the focus on progress and practical change.
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